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The reproduction and larval development of Nereis fucata (Savigny)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. B. Brown-Gilpin
J. B. Brown-Gilpin
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Plymouth Laboratory
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The wide variety of reproductive patterns and behaviour in the many species of Nereidae already studied clearly justifies further research. But the life history of Nereis fucata (Savigny) is not only of interest from the comparative point of view. Its commensal habit (it occurs within shells occupied by hermit crabs) immediately gives it a special importance. This alone warrants a detailed study, particularly as no commensal polychaete has yet been reared through to metamorphosis and settlement on its host (Davenport, 1955; Davenport & Hickok, 1957). The numerous interesting problems which arise, and the experimental methods needed to study them, are, however, beyond the range of a paper on nereid development. It is therefore proposed to confine the present account to the reproduction and development up to the time when the larvae settle on the bottom. The complete life cycle, the mechanism of host-adoption, and related topics, will be reported in later papers.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , February 1959 , pp. 65 - 80
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1959

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