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While studying the seasonal variation in plankton and hydrography of the plaice ponds at the Marine Biological Station, Port Erin, I came across a dense population of larvæ belonging to the species Polydora pulchra Carazzi (Polychaeta Spionidae). The identification is based on the key, descriptions and figures given by Hannerz1. The identification was further confirmed when the larvæ metamorphosed in the laboratory.
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Carazzi, D., Zool. Stat. Neapel. Mitt., 11 (1895).
Fauvel, P., “Faune de France”, 16, “Polychetes sedentaires” (1927).
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RANADE, M. Occurrence of Polydora pulchra Carazzi in British Waters. Nature 178, 929 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178929a0
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