Ontogeny of tetrodotoxin levels in blue-ringed octopuses: Maternal investment and apparent independent production in offspring of Hapalochlaena lunulata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Williams, Becky L ^a   Hanifin, Charles T ^b   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^c   Caldwell, Roy L ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue ringed octopus; Egg; Hapalochlaena fasciata; Hapalochlaena lunulata; Maternal investment; Ontogeny; Paralarva; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EGG; LARVA; MATERNAL EFFECT; ONTOGENY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; TOXIN; TRADE-OFF; VENOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; HAPALOCHLAENA; HAPALOCHLAENA FASCIATA; HAPALOCHLAENA LUNULATA; OCTOPUS;

EID: 79251610205     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9901-4     Document Type: Article

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