Light Production by the Arm Tips of the Deep-Sea Cephalopod Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-109

  Robison, Bruce H ^a   Reisenbichler, Kim R ^a   Hunt, James C ^a,b   Haddock, Steven H D ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CEPHALOPOD;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; MOLLUSCA; VAMPYROTEUTHIDAE; VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS;

EID: 0242287099     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543231     Document Type: Article

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