The evolution of conspicuous facultative mimicry in octopuses: An example of secondary adaptation?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-77

  Huffard, Christine L ^a   Saarman, Norah ^b   Hamilton, Healy ^c   Simison, Brian ^c  

^a Conservation International Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Aposematic coloration; Cephalopod; Crypsis; Defence behaviour; Exaptation; Imperfect mimicry; Locomotion; Mimic octopus; Phylogeneny

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CEPHALOPOD; COLOR MORPH; CRYPSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLATFISH; LOCOMOTION; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SWIMMING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BOTHIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 77955937826     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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