A temporarily planktonic terebellid polychaete
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2003
Abstract
Mass swarming of a basically sessile terebellid polychaete was observed in the free water column off the south-west coast of Madagascar. Specimens are described and tentatively identified as Loimiamedusa (Savigny, 1818). Swimming behaviour is documented and the phenomenon is discussed as a flight reaction to an environmental disturbance event.
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- Research Article
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 771 - 774
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- 2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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