Local races in lugworms (arenicola marina (l. ))

ABSTRACT THE spawning of _Arenicola marina_ (L.) on the shores of the British Isles occurs during the last three months of the year, but within these limits there are striking variations of

spawning time from place to place. Each local population of lugworms appears to have a characteristic spawning period which occurs at much the same time every year (Duncan, _Proc. Zool.

Soc._, in the press). The differences in the dates of spawning may indicate a tendency towards genetic variation between different populations; they would also encourage such

differentiation. There are, of course, environmental differences between beaches which may influence the time of spawning, but it is difficult in this way both to account for the observed

similarity of the spawning periods of lugworms at Dale Fort, Wales, and Whitstable, Kent, and for the fortnight's difference in the spawning of worms living as close together as Port

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