Observations on the behaviour of the cirrate octopod Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Cephalopoda)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 555-556

  Villanueva, Roger ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM;

CEPHALOPODA; OPISTHOTEUTHIS GRIMALDII;

EID: 0033898234     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400002307     Document Type: Article

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