Hydrothermal vent octopuses of Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis, feed on bathypelagic amphipods of Halice hesmonectes

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 985-988

  Voight, Janet R ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARIGO; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CEPHALOPODA; HALICE HESMONECTES; OCTOPUS; VULCANOCTOPUS HYDROTHERMALIS;

EID: 22944459543     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011999     Document Type: Article

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