Marine creature in sync with the phases of the moon

[Eduardo Ficaria]

I've recently stumbled upon an article talking about a little marine worm that happens to have its biological clock synchronized with the moonlight. I thought it would be interesting, even useful, for those mythic scribes that may happen to be writing about creatures that have behaviors related to the moon phases.

Quanta Magazine: How This Marine Worm Can Tell Moonglow From Sunbeams

The article also mentions other creatures in our planet that have a "circalunar" clock, and gets into explaining a bit of how this biomechanism works.

 

[Finchbearer]

Erm…women although we are not sea creatures. Well, not all of us.

 

[ReJaymes]

As a writer always on the lookout for new creature ideas, this is fascinating! I already got a few ideas jotted down. Thanks for the share.