The mating system of the squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii (Cephalopoda, Mollusca) off South Africa: Fighting, guarding, sneaking, mating and egg laying behavior

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 331-345

  Hanlon, Roger T ^a   Smale, Malcolm J ^b   Sauer, Warwick H H ^c  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; FIGHTING; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; SNEAK COPULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LOLIGO; LOLIGO VULGARIS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0038405006     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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