Pulling or drilling, does size or species matter? An experimental study of prey handling in Octopus dierythraeus (Norman, 1992)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-178

  Steer, Mike A ^a,b   Semmens, Jayson M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Drilling; Gastropod; Octopus; Predation; Pulling

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; MOLLUSC; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE;

BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; COLUMELLA; GASTROPODA; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS DIERYTHRAEUS;

EID: 0038029465     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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