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Behaviour and Distribution of the Archiannelid Trilobodrilus Heideri

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. J. S. Boaden
P. J. S. Boaden*
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Station, Menai Bridge, Anglesey
*
1Present address: Department of Zoology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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The interstitial archiannelid Trilobodrilus heideri was found to be photophobic, fairly tolerant of low salinities and responsive to water current. This latter response of orientation and progression toward a water source was gradually lost by specimens suddenly transferred to low salinities. Rhythmic gregariousness was shown to occur in this species. The relation of this rhythm to tidal factors is postulated. It is shown how the demonstrated responses may affect the position occupied by T. heideri on the shore

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , February 1963 , pp. 239 - 250
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1963

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