A shot in the dark: Same-sex sexual behaviour in a deep-sea squid

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-290

  Hoving, Hendrik J T ^a   Bush, Stephanie L ^b   Robison, Bruce H ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopoda; Deep sea squid; Mating; Octopoteuthis deletron; Same sex sexual behaviour; Spermatangia

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CEPHALOPOD; CONSPECIFIC; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; MATING BEHAVIOR; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEMELPARITY; SPERMATOPHORE; SUBMARINE CANYON;

MONTEREY CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPOTEUTHIS DELETRON;

EID: 84859430610     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0680     Document Type: Article

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