I AM INTERESTED IN FINDING A SOURCE OF ANY SPECIES FROM THE PHYLUM
GNATHOSTOMULIDA, ESPECIALLY GNATHOSTOMULA JENNERI. THESE ARE "LOWER WORMS"
GROUPED WITH ACOELOMATE PHYLA. AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY ARE NOT PARASITIC, BUT
I HOPED THIS NEWS GROUP WOULD REACH ZOOLOGISTS WHO KNOW ABOUT UNUSUAL
ORGANISMS. I WORK ON NEMATODE SPERM (C. ELEGANS) AND AM INTERESTED IN OTHER
ORGANISMS THAT HAVE NON-FLAGELLATED SPERM, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH AMOEBOID,
CRAWLING SPERM.
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Paul J. Muhlrad
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
415 Life Sciences South
Tucson, AZ 85721
tel (602)621-9135
fax (602)621-3709
email Ward_Lab at tikal.biosci.arizona.edu
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