Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus

Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus

Planktonic stages of benthic octopuses can reach relatively large sizes in some species, usually in oceanic, epipelagic waters while living as part of the macroplankton. These young octopuses appear to delay settlement on the seabed for an undetermined period of time that is probably longer than for...

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Main Authors: Roger Villanueva, Vladimir V. Laptikhovsky, Stuart B. Piertney, Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, Martin A. Collins, Jonathan D. Ablett, Alejandro Escánez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda
planktonic larvae
mesopelagic zone
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.561125/full

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