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THE Mbalolo, Eunice viridia, is a marine annelid found in several places in islands of the Western Pacific. In Fiji I know of two and have heard of a third place in which the periodic ‘rising’ takes place. One such spot is between the shore and the fringing reef at the village of Tokou, in the island of Ovalau.
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BURROWS, W. Periodic Spawning of ‘Palolo’ Worms in Pacific Waters. Nature 155, 47–48 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155047a0
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