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AT the anterior end of the free-living marine nematode Enoplus communis are situated two pigment spots, dark red-brown in life. Their superficial appearance is very reminiscent of eye-spots. Schultz1 suggested that these pigment spots were excretory granules and were not in any way associated with photoreception.
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CROLL, N. Chemical Nature of the Pigment Spots of Enoplus communis. Nature 211, 859 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211859a0
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