Intra-organismal distribution of tetrodotoxin in two species of blue-ringed octopuses (Hapalochlaena fasciata and H. lunulata)

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Williams, Becky L ^a   Caldwell, Roy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue ringed octopus; Chemical defense; Distribution; Hapalochlaena; Ink; Sex; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GILL; HAPALOCHLAENA FASCIATA; HAPALOCHLAENA LUNULATA; HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; MALE; OCTOPODIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRODOTOXIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CEPHALOPODA; HAPALOCHLAENA; HAPALOCHLAENA FASCIATA; HAPALOCHLAENA LUNULATA; OCTOPUS;

EID: 67649401661     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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