Living Fossil Platynereis dumerilii (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Living Fossil Platynereis dumerilii

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The larvae of marine ragworm Platynereis dumerilii have the simplest eyes that exist. They resemble the first eyes that developed in animal evolution and allow the larvae to navigate guided by light.

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