Aspects of the functional morphology of cirrate octopods: Locomotion and feeding

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-110

  Vecchione, M ^a   Young, R E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Behavior; Cephalopod; Cirrata; Deep sea; Grimpoteuthis; In situ; Mucus feeding; Octopoda; Stauroteuthis; Submersible; Swimming

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA ORGANISMS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; SWIMMING;

CEPHALOPODA; GRIMPOTEUTHIS; STAUROTEUTHIS;

EID: 0030780216     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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