interactive key announcement

[Chris Glasby]

An online interactive key to polychaete worm families and higher taxa (POLiKEY
version 2) is now available on the web site of the Australian Biological
Resources Study
(http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/polikey/index.html).
POLiKEY contains 104 polychaete taxa, comprising 17 higher-level taxa, 82
families and five subfamily groups. POLiKEY allows the user to obtain
identifications of adult polychaetes from any part of the world as well as
family descriptions and general information on taxonomy, biology and ecology.
The key will be of interest not only to polychaete biologists, but also to
ecologists conducting environmental surveys, university staff as a teaching aid
for students, and anyone requiring rapid access to comparative systematic
information on polychaetes.

and best of all ... it's free!

Apologies for the cross-posting.

Chris

Dr Chris Glasby
Curator of Worms
Natural Sciences
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
GPO Box 4646
Darwin NT 0801
AUSTRALIA

Email: chris.glasby at nt.gov.au
Ph: +61-8-8999 8108
Fax: +61-8-8999 8289