Apparent movement in a visual display: The 'passing cloud' of Octopus cyanea (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-94

  Mather, Jennifer A ^a   Mather, D Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apparent movement; Octopus; Octopus cyanea; Passing cloud

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MOVEMENT; SKIN; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS CYANEA;

EID: 2542443856     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904004911     Document Type: Article

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