During its reproductive season, the marine bristle worm Platynereis dumerilii spawns a few days after the full moon by rising en masse to the water surface at night, engaging in a nuptial dance, releasing gametes, and subsequently bursting and dying.

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  How Lunar Cycles Guide the Spawning of Sea Creatures

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• full-moon concept