Annelida, or segmented worms, is a vast and diverse group of metazoans of over 20000 species that includes, amongst others, earthworms, leeches, echiurids, sipunculids and polychaetes. With over 300 species the polychaete family Cirratulidae is one of the most species-rich and common in benthic assemblages in a variety […]

Annelida, eller segmenterte ormer, er en stor og mangfoldig gruppe av metazoer med over 20 000 arter, som blant annet omfatter meitemark, igler, echiurider, sipunculider og polychaeter. Med over 300 arter er polychaete-familien Cirratulidae en av de mest artsrike og vanlige i bentiske samfunn i en rekke habitater. […]

The marine biodiversity of Europe is generally considered well known comparison to other regions, especially of the global South. However, also in European waters, some habitats and regions have been scarcely studied and many species could remain to be discovered and described. This has been shown, for example, […]

Den marine biologiske mangfoldigheten i Europa anses generelt å være godt kjent sammenlignet med andre regioner, spesielt i den globale sørlige halvkule. Imidlertid er også i europeiske farvann noen habitater og regioner knapt studert, og mange arter kan fortsatt være uoppdagede og ubeskrevne. Dette er for eksempel vist […]

The Biodiversity Genomic Europe (BGE) project has three streams dealing with the biodiversity crisis. In the blog so far, we have mostly presented about one stream, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) one concentrating on the genomic side of the project. However, another stream is concentrating on the […]

We were fortunate to obtain finding from ArtsDatabanken for new project. Yesterday the contracts were signed and hence our project can start soon. We are an international team of researchers: Torsten Struck and Rita Austin from Norway, Arne Nygren from Sweden, and Maria Capa from Spain. Maybe not […]