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Molecular characteristics of the tubeworm, Ridgeia piscesae, from the deep-sea hydrothermal vent.

Ultrastructural investigation of coelomocytes in representatives of Naidinae and Rhyacodrilinae (Annelida, Clitellata, Tubificidae).

On the role of bone-eating worms in the degradation of marine vertebrate remains.

Cloning and characterization of Arenicola marina peroxiredoxin 6, an annelid two-cysteine peroxiredoxin highly homologous to mammalian one-cysteine peroxiredoxins.

Methylantimony and -arsenic species in sediment pore water tested with the sediment or fauna incubation experiment.

Segmental mode of neural patterning in sipuncula.

Three enzymatic activities catalyze the oxidation of sulfide to thiosulfate in mammalian and invertebrate mitochondria.

Toxicity of the pesticide alpha-cypermethrin to four soil nontarget invertebrates and implications for risk assessment.

Complementary striped expression patterns of NK homeobox genes during segment formation in the annelid Platynereis

Comparison of subcellular partitioning, distribution, and internal speciation of Cu between Cu-tolerant and naïve populations of Dendrodrilus rubidus Savigny.

The phylogeny of invertebrates and the evolution of myelin.

A measure of sexual selection in hermaphroditic animals: parentage skew and the opportunity for selection.

Effects of hydration on mechanical properties of a highly sclerotized tissue.

The structural analysis of large noncovalent oxygen binding proteins by MALLS and ESI-MS: a review on annelid hexagonal bilayer hemoglobin and crustacean hemocyanin.

Neptunomonas japonica sp. nov., an Osedax japonicus symbiont-like bacterium isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan.

Directional dispersal between mid-ocean ridges: deep-ocean circulation and gene flow in Ridgeia piscesae.

Distribution of serotonin in the trunk of Metaperipatus blainvillei (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae): implications for the evolution of the nervous system in Arthropoda.

Effects of discharges from the textile industry on the biotic integrity of benthic assemblages.

Yet another example of paraphyly in Annelida: Molecular evidence that Sabellidae contains Serpulidae

Marine worms (genus Osedax) colonize cow bones.