1. Reproductive and developmental phenomena in annelids: a source of exemplary research problems

   • Albrecht Fischer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 20

2. Preface

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 8

3. List of Participants

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 12

4. Structure, function and development of segmental organs in Annelida

   • Thomas Bartolomaeus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 37

5. Reproduction of the Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta)

   • Heinz-Dieter Franke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 55

6. Reproduction and larval development of the spioniform Polychaeta with application to systematics and phylogeny

   • James A. Blake
   • Pamela L. Arnofsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 106

7. Reproduction and development in Cirratulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta)

   • Mary E. Petersen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 128

8. Divergence of reproductive and developmental characteristics in Hediste (Polychaeta: Nereididae)

   • Masanori Sato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 143

9. Nereidid polychaetes as model organisms for marine chemical ecology

   • Jörg D. Hardege

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 161

10. Metabolite supply in oocytes of Nereis virens: role of nucleosides

    • Ulrich Hoeger
    • Nicole Rebscher
    • Gunter Geier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 174

11. Polychaete aquaculture and polychaete science: a mutual synergism

    • Peter J.W. Olive

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 183

12. Development of Perviata and Vestimentifera (Pogonophora)

    • Eve C. Southward

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 202

13. Sexual conflict and mating systems in the dorvilleid genus Ophryotrocha and the dinophilid genus Dinophilus

    • Gabriella Sella
    • Liliana Ramella

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 213

14. Polychaete sperm: phylogenetic and functional considerations

    • G. W. Rouse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 224

15. Sperm types and their use for a phylogenetic analysis of aquatic clitellates

    • Christer Erséus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 237

16. Larval settlement of polychaetes

    • Pei-Yuan Qian

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 253

17. Conservation and innovation in spiralian development

    • Jonathan J. Henry
    • Mark Q. Martindale

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 265

18. The ancestral cleavage pattern of the clitellates and its phylogenetic deviations

    • Wolfgang Dohle

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 283

19. Cellular origins of bilateral symmetry in glossiphoniid leech embryos

    • David A. Weisblat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 290

20. Systematization of the Annelida: different approaches

    • Wilfried Westheide
    • Damhnait McHugh
    • Greg Rouse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 307

21. Index

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 314