PhD thesis - Biologisk Institut - Københavns Universitet

3Reviewed by:Assistant Professor Anja SchulzeDepartment of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at GalvestonGalveston, USAProfessor Stefan RichterDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of RostockRostock, GermanyFaculty opponent:Associate Professor Danny Eibye-JacobsenNatural History Museum of Denmark, University of DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark______________________________________________________________Cover illustration:Front: Frontal view of an adult specimen of the sipunculan Themiste pyroides with atotal length of 13 cm.Back: Confocal laserscanning micrograph of a Phascolosoma agassizii pelagospheralarva showing its musculature. Lateral view. Age of the specimen is 15 days and itstotal size approximately 300 µm in length.