An unusual finding of Sepietta oweniana (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) egg clutch

Scientia Marina

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-560

  Cuccu, Danila ^a   Mereu, Marco ^a   Cannas, Rita ^a   Marcias, Sandro ^a   Cau, Angelo ^a   Jereb, Patrizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bathymetric data; Egg clutch; Embryos; Mediterranean Sea; Reproduction; Sepietta oweniana

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CEPHALOPOD; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPERMATOPHORE;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA;

CEPHALOPODA; SEPIETTA OWENIANA; SEPIOLIDAE;

EID: 77956124784     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2010.74n3555     Document Type: Article

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