Pheromones play important roles in chemical communication among organisms. Various
chiral and non-racemic pheromones have been identified since the late 1960s. Their …

Platynereis dumerilii, a marine polychaetous annelid with indirect development, can be
continuously bred in the laboratory. Here, we describe its spectacular reproduction and …

Abstract Background The polychaete annelid Platynereis dumerilii is an emerging model
organism for the study of molecular developmental processes, evolution, neurobiology and …

Abstract The Nereid Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin and Milne Edwards (Annales des
Sciences Naturelles 1: 195–269, 1833) is a marine annelid that belongs to the Nereididae, a …

Nereididae comprises a diverse group of marine worms and is one of the most studied
families in Annelida. However, phylogenetic relationships within the group are still poorly …

Background The structure and development of the nervous system in Lophotrochozoa has
long been recognized as one of the most important subjects for phylogenetic and …

Experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that females of the shore crab Carcinus
maenas release a sex pheromone to induce the pre-copula behaviour leading to the …

In the last 15 years the diversity of pollutants and routes of impact have increased. However,
the polychaete families, species and endpoints investigated have remained fairly constant …

Early research into coral reproductive biology suggested that spawning synchrony was
driven by variations in the amplitude of environmental variables that are correlated with …

Studies on pH stress in marine animals typically focus on direct or species-specific aspects.
We here test the hypothesis that a drop to pH= 7.6 indirectly affects the intra-and interspecific …