Post-spawning Egg Care by a Squid

Authors

Brad A. Seibel, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Bruce H. Robison, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Steven H. Haddock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1038/438929a

Abstract

Gonatus onyx is one of the most abundant cephalopods in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans¹ and is an important prey species for a variety of vertebrate predators^2,3, but a full understanding of its life history has been hampered because spawning occurs at great depths^4,5, 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.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Nature, v. 438, art. 929

Scholar Commons Citation

Seibel, Brad A.; Robison, Bruce H.; and Haddock, Steven H., "Post-spawning Egg Care by a Squid" (2005). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 2330.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2330