Octopus Paralarvea Hatchlings

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Shot Location: Usujiri, Hokkaido, Japan

species
Enteroctopus dofleini

Key Words
Octopus Hatchlings
Paralarvea
Plantonic Life Stage
Enteropctopus dolfeini


Rigby Robin and Yoko Iwata
2005/03/01 submitted



Animalia >Mollusca >Cephalopoda >Octopoda >Octopodidae >Enteroctopus >

After 11 months of painstaking care that included flushing the developing eggs with water and brushing them lengthwise with a small soft tiped comb the ocotpus paralarvea came out of their shell(s)... you can see them here jetting up to the top of the hatching tank and `parashuting` down.. behaviour which they kept life for about 4 days before starting to show more benthic behaviour including attaching to the side of the tank.

(Data No.momo050301ed01b)

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