Cephalopod video Bathypolypus arcticus hatching
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Video Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVAayqMWys
Hatching. The pressure in the swollen egg pushes out the end of the mantle. The then hatchling frees himself from the egg, and a fully functional octopus emerges. • • From: Wood, J.B., E. Kenchington, and R.K. O'Dor. 1998. Reproduction and embryonic development time of Bathypolypus arcticus, a deep-sea octopod (Cephalopoda: Octopoda). Malacologia, 39(1-2): 11-19. • • Online abstract: http://invertebrates.si.edu/cephs/wko... • • To see other cephalopod videos: http://collections.si.edu/search/resu... • • [taxonomy:binomial=Bathypolypus arcticus]
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