Porcupine Newsletter Number 25, Winter 2008/09.

CONTENTSCOUNCIL MINUTES........................................................................2MEETINGS........................................................................................5PORCUPINE NEWS..........................................................................6PORCUPINE PIECES........................................................................8Northward spread of the immigrant barnacle Elminius modestus on theBritish North Sea coast Frank Evans......................................................8The NMBAQC Scheme – Friend of Foe to the Benthic Ecologist?Myles O’Reilly........................................................................................9Problems in taxonomy: are Dodecaceria laddi and D. diceria the samespecies? Peter Gibson.........................................................................13A planktonic explanation for the origin of polychaetes Peter Gibson......17PORCUPINE PROBLEMSInformation Requests and Observations...............................21Endangered swordfish found on South Wales beachNational Marine Aquarium....................................................................21Rare ocean traveller National Marine Aquarium.....................................22PORCUPINE 2008BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS AND COLDSPOTS............................24Towards a network of marine protected areas in the UK Bethany Stoker andAnnabelle Aish....................................................................................24Abstracts of papers presented at the conference but not submitted forpublication........................................................................................25Instructions to Authors......................................................................31