The authors of a 2022 report conclude that the L-Cry protein mechanism in marine bristleworms functions as a highly sensitive low-light sensor for moonlight detection and a less sensitive high-light sensor for sunlight detection.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Smithsonian Magazine
  How Lunar Cycles Guide the Spawning of Sea Creatures

Sources

• How Lunar Cycles Guide the Spawning of Sea Creatures www.smithsonianmag.com Smithsonian Magazine via serper

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• moonlight concept
• sunlight concept
• L-Cry concept
• Marine bristleworms concept