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Light-emitting suckers in an octopus
| Title: | Light-emitting suckers in an octopus. |
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| Name(s): |
Johnsen, Sonke, creator Balser, Elizabeth J., creator Widder, Edith A., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1999 | |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | |
| Extent: | 3 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3183794 (digitool), FADT3183794 (IID), fau:5979 (fedora), 10.1038/18131 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
We have discovered that blue-green light is emitted from the suckers of a deep-sea finned octopod, Stauroteuthis syrtensis. The light organs have characteristics of both simple photophores and suckers, suggesting that they could have evolved from suckers. The function of the light is unknown, but it may be related to the non-bioluminescent sucker signalling used by shallow-water octopods, or act as a lure for prey. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v398/n6723/full/398113a0.html and may be cited as: Johnsen, S., Balser, E. J., & Widder, E. A. (1999). Light-emitting suckers in an octopus. Nature, 398(6723), 113-114. doi:10.1038/18131 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1280. |
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| Subject(s): |
Octopuses Photophores Bioluminescence |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183794 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/18131 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1999 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
