Ink is a conspecific alarm cue in the Caribbean reef squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-16

  Wood, James B ^a   Pennoyer, Kelly E ^a   Derby, Charles D ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm cue; Behavior; Caribbean reef squid; Cephalopod; Chemoreception; Communication; Ink; Mollusca; Predator; Prey; Sepioteuthis; Signal; Squid; Vision

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; CRYPSIS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; REEF;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; MOLLUSCA; PROTEA; SARGASSUM; SEPIOTEUTHIS; SEPIOTEUTHIS SEPIOIDEA;

EID: 54349129503     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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