Bioluminescence in Pelagic Octopods
Bioluminescence in Pelagic Octopods
| dc.contributor.author | Robison, Bruce H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Young, Richard Edward | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-02-23T23:56:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-02-23T23:56:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981-01 | |
| dc.description.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. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Robison BH, Young RE. 1981. Bioluminescence in pelagic octopods. Pac Sci 35(1): 39-44. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0030-8870 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/537 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawai'i Press | |
| dc.title | Bioluminescence in Pelagic Octopods | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |
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