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    placed into the genus Nereis and later reassigned to the genus Platynereis. Platynereis dumerilii lives in coastal marine waters from temperate to tropical...
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    Platynereis is a genus of marine annelid worms that belongs to the Nereididae, a family of errant polychaete worms. The species Platynereis dumerilii...
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    may look very different than atokes. For instance, the atokes of Platynereis dumerilii are yellowish-brown, while the female epitokes are yellow because...
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  • the advantages of reducing water loss and preventing dehydration. Platynereis dumerilii, a marine polychaete worm, uses uric acid as a sexual pheromone...
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    use of those nerves. Another example is the trochophore larva of Platynereis dumerilii, where the larval eye was ablated and the larvae was not phototactic...
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    synchronized spawning. Another marine animal, the bristle worm Platynereis dumerilii, spawns a few days after a full moon. It contains a protein with...
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    Phototaxis has been well studied in the marine ragworm Platynereis dumerilii. Both Platynereis dumerilii trochophore and its metatrochophore larvae are positively...
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    insects and crustaceans, and some annelids (notably the ragworm Platynereis dumerilii). They are known to play a role in olfactory learning and memory...
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    panopsin was found in the ciliary photoreceptor cells of the annelid Platynereis dumerilii and is called c(iliary)-opsin. This c-opsin is UV-sensitive (λmax...
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    the other type of photoreceptor cells, for instance the clamworm Platynereis dumerilii uses microvilliar cells in the eyes but has additionally deep brain...
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