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Reproductive biology of Eulalia viridis (Müller) (Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae) in the north eastern U.K.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. J. W. Olive
P. J. W. Olive
Affiliation:
Dove Marine Laboratory and Department of Zoology, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
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Eulalia viridis is the most common littoral phyllodocid at Cullercoats Bay, where it occupies crevices and small holes in the well-sutured sandstone and limestone rocks. It is particularly common in rocks having a heavy encrustation of barnacles. The reproductive biology of this species in particular, and of phyllodocids in general, is poorly known. Meyer (1938) has described the development of larvae of Eulalia viridis both from artificial fertilizations and from egg cocoons said to belong to Eulalia viridis collected in January at Plymouth, U.K. The observations made during the present investigation differ in a number of important respects from those of Meyer and his conclusions cannot be considered appropriate to all populations of E. viridis.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , May 1975 , pp. 313 - 326
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975

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