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| Title: | Bioluminescence in Pelagic Octopods |
| Author: | Robison, Bruce H; Young, Richard Edward |
| Date: | 1981-01 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawai'i Press |
| Citation: | Robison BH, Young RE. 1981. Bioluminescence in pelagic octopods. Pac Sci 35(1): 39-44. |
| Abstract: | A. peculiar circumoral organ in a pelagic bolitaenid octopus
luminesced brilliantly when treated with H2O2. This is the first confirmed luminescent organ In an octopus. Similar organs are found only in females of Eledonella pygmaea , Japetella diaphana (sensu lato) approaching sexual matunty. The luminescent organs may function to attract mates. |
| ISSN: | 0030-8870 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/537 |
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