Abstract
Summary Volatile compounds in the coelomic fluid of ripe Nereis succinea (Frey & Leuckart 1847) were isolated by using a closed loop stripping technique and identified by GC-MS. One major compound is the sex pheromone of the closely related species Platynereis dumerillii, 5-methyl-3-heptanone. This substance increases the swarming activity during the nuptial dance reproductive behaviour and induces the males to release a very small cloud of sperm.
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