<I>Platynereis</I> Larva (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

<I>Platynereis</I> Larva

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Light microscope image of the larva of the marine annelid Platynereis. The larvae swim freely in the sea, moved by activity of their thousands of tiny hair-like structures, which form a band along the larval body (ciliary band), beating coordinately.

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Markus Conzelmann, MPI for Developmental Biology

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