Lunar-Modulated Geomagnetic Orientation by a Marine Mollusk

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Jan 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987sci...235..331l&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 235, Issue 4786, pp. 331-334

Physics

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Behavioral experiments indicated that the marine opisthobranch mollusk Tritonia diomedea can derive directional cues from the magnetic field of the earth. The magnetic direction toward which nudibranchs spontaneously oriented in the geomagnetic field showed recurring patterns of variation correlated with lunar phase, suggesting that the behavioral response to magnetism is modulated by a circa-lunar rhythm. The discovery of a magnetic sense in a mollusk with giant, reidentifiable neurons provides a unique opportunity to study the cellular mechanisms underlying magnetic field detection.

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