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Like all other polychaetes,M. gravelyi also swells when exposed to hyposmotic media. But the extent of increase was considerably low. In this worm, as in other polychaetes, the initial increase and the final volume attained are a function of the external medium. Both the final volume and the initial increase being very low inM. gravelyi, reduction in permeability is, perhaps, the maximum.
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Krishnamoorthi, B., Krishnaswamy, S. Physiological studies onMarphysa gravelyi Southern. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 63, 117–125 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051983
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