Sexual cannibalism by Octopus cyanea on a Pacific coral reef

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-28

  Hanlon, Roger T ^a   Forsythe, John W ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cephalopod; Mate choice; Mating system; Reproduction; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CANNIBALISM; CORAL REEF; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS CYANEA;

EID: 42049116604     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240701661123     Document Type: Article

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