Octopus insularis (Octopodidae), evidences of a specialized predator and a time-minimizing hunter

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2355-2367

  Leite, Tatiana Silva ^a   Haimovici, Manuel ^b   Mather, Jennifer ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; CRYPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SHALLOW WATER; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LIMA LIMA; MITHRACULUS FORCEPS; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS; PISANIA PUSIO; PITHO;

EID: 71349088754     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1264-4     Document Type: Article

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