A workshop on the Taxonomy of Marine Scalidophora was hosted by Prof. Shirayama in Kyoto University's Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Shirahama, Japan from the 12-17 of March 2007. Jointly funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Western Pacific Benthos Working Group and The NaGISA Western Pacific Region the course brought together 23 participants from 8 countries (Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Russia, Denmark, Spain and Japan). Participants worked together over the week, listening to (and giving) presentations on a wide variety of Scalidophora research from basic taxonomic terms to the latest thoughts on Scalidophora phylogeny. Practical methods dealing with sampling, preparing, observing and identifying Kinorhyncha, Priapulida and Loricifera were studied before participants started to identify their own specimens under the supervision of Professor Reinhardt Kristensen of  the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Photos from the workshop can be seen here.