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    Nature. 2005 Dec 15;438(7070):929.

    Post-spawning egg care by a squid.

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    Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California 95039, USA. seibel@uri.edu

    Abstract

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

    PMID:
    16355206
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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