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- Title
Post-spawning egg care by a squid.
- Authors
Seibel, Brad A; Robison, Bruce H; Haddock, Steven H D
- Abstract
Gonatus onyx is one of the most abundant cephalopods in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and is an important prey species for a variety of vertebrate predators, but a full understanding of its life history has been hampered because spawning occurs at great depths, where observation is difficult. Here we describe post-spawning egg care, or brooding, in this deep-sea squid. Our finding is unexpected because this behaviour differs from the reproductive habits of all other known squid species.
- Publication
Nature, 2005, Vol 438, Issue 7070, p929
- ISSN
1476-4687
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/438929a