Capturing paired female by egg-guarding male

(83.1MB, 00:05:49)
Shot Date: 2001/08/14
Shot Location: Riken,BSI,Squid-aquarium

species
Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Key Words
Egg bed
Reproductive behaviour
Egg-guarding by male
Capturing paired female

Keiko Okawa
2005/12/01 submitted

Animalia >Mollusca >Cephalopoda >Teuthoidea >Loliginidae >Sepioteuthis >

Reproductive behaviour on the egg bed(Capturing mated female by egg-guarding male)
PM 1:18 Attacking paired male by egg-guarding male on the egg bed.
PM 1:22 Egg-guarding behaviour
PM 1:29 At first paired male attacks egg-guarding male,but is captured his paired female.
PM 1:35 Egg-guarding male copulates the paired female and guards her spawning.

(Data No.momo051201sl01b)

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