Brooding in a Bathypelagic Octopus

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Title:	Brooding in a Bathypelagic Octopus
Author:	Young, Richard Edward
Date:	1972-10
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press
Citation:	Young RE. 1972. Brooding in a Bathypelagic octopus. Pac Sci 26(4): 400-404.
Abstract:	ABSTRACT: A mature female and 12 larvae of the octopus Bolitaena microcotyla were captured at bathypelagic depths off Hawaii. The female appears to have been brooding the larvae in a large chamber formed by the oral arms and web. This finding supports the likelihood that the brooding habit is universal in pelagic incirrate octopods.
ISSN:	0030-8870
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/444
LC Subject Headings:	Octopoda -- Hawaii