Sperm removal, ejaculation and their behavioural interaction in male cuttlefish in response to female mating history

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 613-619

  Wada, Toshifumi ^a   Takegaki, Takeshi ^a   Mori, Tohru ^b   Natsukari, Yutaka ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Marine World Uminonakamichi ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

cephalopod; ejaculatory behaviour; female mating history; kisslip cuttlefish; promiscuity; Sepia lycidas; sperm competition; sperm displacement; sperm removal behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

CEPHALOPODA; SEPIA LYCIDAS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 76449092820     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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