Post-spawning egg care by a squid
- 14 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 438 (7070), 929
- 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 predators2,3, but a full understanding of its life history has been hampered because spawning occurs at great depths4,5, 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.Keywords
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