Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

This is to inform you that we have received a direct mail distribution request from member Ryutaro Goto.
Zoological Society of Japan Secretariat

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Notice of the 87th Seto Marine Biological Seminar
Starting Tuesday, April 23 at 16:00, we will host Hiromi Watanabe from JAMSTEC, who will present her research findings on the evolution of parasitism in stalked barnacles.
It will be held online via Zoom.

Date and Time: Tuesday, April 23, 16:00-17:30
Speaker: Hiromi Watanabe (Associate Senior Scientist, JAMSTEC)
Title: The Boundary Between Attachment and Parasitism: The Example of Goose Barnacles
Abstract:
Barnacles are a taxonomic group of sessile crustaceans known to attach to a diverse range of substrates, from natural to artificial objects. For this reason, the phenomenon of barnacle attachment has attracted attention from the perspective of industrial applications such as anti-fouling. Many barnacle species use living organisms as substrates, and rhizocephalans in particular lead a parasitic lifestyle using their host organisms as a substrate. Such parasitic barnacles are known to have emerged in multiple lineages even among shelled barnacles, making them a noteworthy lineage for elucidating the process of acquiring parasitism. In this seminar, I will introduce Rhizolepas sp., which parasitizes the scale worm Lepidonotopodium casters (or: a golden scale worm) recently discovered in Kagoshima, and discuss the transition process from attachment to parasitism based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of shelled barnacles.

Related papers:
Watanabe HK, Uyeno D, Yamamori L, Jimi N, Chen C (2023) From commensalism to parasitism within a genus-level clade of barnacles. Biology Letters 19(7): 20220550.

Seminar website:
https://www.seto.kyoto-u.ac.jp/smbl/%e7%ac%ac87%e5%9b%9e%e7%80%ac%e6%88%b8%e6%b5%b7%e6%b4%8b%e7%94%9f%e7%89%a9%e5%ad%a6%e3%82%bb%e3%83%9f%e3%83%8a%e3%83%bc%ef%bc%884-23-1600-zoom%ef%bc%89/

If you are interested, please apply using the application form below by noon on April 22nd. We will send you the Zoom link.
https://forms.gle/3tqPd7VdR4hcxug87

Please contact us if you have any questions or inquiries.

I look forward to working with you.

Ryutaro Goto

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Ryutaro Goto
Kyoto University Field Science Education and Research Center
Seto Marine Biological Laboratory
459 Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama 649-2211
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