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Behavioural Differences between the Larval Stages of Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu) from Drake's Island (Plymouth Sound) and from Southampton Water

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A THREE-YEAR investigation into the ecology of the cirratulid worm, Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu), occurring on an inter-tidal mud-flat in Southampton Water, failed to reveal any trace of pelagic larval stages. These free-swimming stages have been shown by Wilson1 to exist in a population of worms from Drake's Island.

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GEORGE, J. Behavioural Differences between the Larval Stages of Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu) from Drake's Island (Plymouth Sound) and from Southampton Water. Nature 199, 195 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199195a0

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