Molecular phylogeny of some polychaete annelids: an initial approach to the Atlantic-Mediterranean speciation problem.
Lenaers G, Bhaud M·Journal of molecular evolution
The polychaete Eupolymnia nebulosa (family Terebellidae) displays two alternative modes of reproduction. In the Mediterranean, larvae are brooded in a mucous mass while in the Atlantic and English Channel, larvae follow a plank-tonic development. This paper attempts to discern whether this difference is expressed at th…