Marine Science Faculty Publications
Life History of Gonatus Onyx (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea): Deep-sea Spawning and Post-spawning Egg Care
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Keywords
Lipid, Life History, Lipid Content, Adult Female, Cold Temperature
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000359
Abstract
A reproductive strategy consisting of deep- water spawning and egg-care was inferred for the midwater squid Gonatus onyx Young, 1972. Brooding females and associated eggs and hatchlings, captured between 1250 and 1750 m depth off southern California, are described. Brooding females appear to be senescent and lack tentacles. Large eggs of this species (3 mm) at cold temperatures (3 °C at capture depth) may require as long as 9 mo to develop. The high lipid content of the digestive gland in adult females of this species may provide fuel to support such an extended “brooding” period.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Marine Biology, v. 137, p. 519-525
Scholar Commons Citation
Seibel, B. A.; Hochberg, F. G.; and Carlini, D. B., "Life History of Gonatus Onyx (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea): Deep-sea Spawning and Post-spawning Egg Care" (2000). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 2391.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2391
