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Post-spawning egg care by a squid.
- Source :
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Nature . 12/15/2005, Vol. 438 Issue 7070, p929-929. 1p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Gonatus onyx is one of the most abundant cephalopods in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and is an important prey species for a variety of vertebrate predators, but a full understanding of its life history has been hampered because spawning occurs at great depths, where observation is difficult. Here we describe post-spawning egg care, or brooding, in this deep-sea squid. Our finding is unexpected because this behaviour differs from the reproductive habits of all other known squid species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836
- Volume :
- 438
- Issue :
- 7070
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19171557
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/438929a