Life cycle of the marbled octopus, Amphioctopus aegina (Gray) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) reared in the laboratory
Reproducing small eggs and planktonic hatchlings is a reproductive strategy of many species of benthic octopods although it is considered a pleisiomorphic state. The young in the planktonic and settling phases have a high energy consumption and require live food of specific size range characteristic...
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Language: | English |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2011-12-01
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Series: | Scientia Marina |
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Online Access: | http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1303 |