An Octopus's Entire Life
In short: The giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, begins life as a 3.5 mm hatchling and grows into the record-sized octopus; a female breeds once and dies soon after her eggs hatch, and studies of other octopus species link that ending to the optic glands.
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Sources used in this film: NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (M. Elizabeth Conners and Christina L. Conrath, November 2015), “Assessment of the Octopus Stock Complex in the Gulf of Alaska”; NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (Alaska Fisheries Science Center), published in Fishery Bulletin 112(4), 2014, by Christina L. Conrath and M. Elizabeth Conners, “conrath.pdf”; National Geographic (National Geographic Partners, LLC), “Giant Pacific Octopus | National Geographic”; Oregon State University (ScholarsArchive@OSU; student research poster, Oregon State University Marine Team), “Microsoft PowerPoint - Octopus Aging Poster Final draft”; Journal of Experimental Biology (The Company of Biologists), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), “Multiple optic gland signaling pathways implicated in octopus maternal behaviors and death”; University of Chicago (UChicago Knowledge; Ph.D. dissertation by Zhengyan Wang, Department of Neurobiology, 2018), “Molecular Neuroendocrinology of Maternal Behaviors and Death in the California Two-Spot Octopus, Octopus Bimaculoides”.
Sources used in this film
- NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (M. Elizabeth Conners and Christina L. Conrath, November 2015) — Assessment of the Octopus Stock Complex in the Gulf of Alaska · View →
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (Alaska Fisheries Science Center), published in Fishery Bulletin 112(4), 2014, by Christina L. Conrath and M. Elizabeth Conners — conrath.pdf · View →
- National Geographic (National Geographic Partners, LLC) — Giant Pacific Octopus | National Geographic · View →
- Oregon State University (ScholarsArchive@OSU; student research poster, Oregon State University Marine Team) — Microsoft PowerPoint - Octopus Aging Poster Final draft · View →
- Journal of Experimental Biology (The Company of Biologists), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine) — Multiple optic gland signaling pathways implicated in octopus maternal behaviors and death · View →
- University of Chicago (UChicago Knowledge; Ph.D. dissertation by Zhengyan Wang, Department of Neurobiology, 2018) — Molecular Neuroendocrinology of Maternal Behaviors and Death in the California Two-Spot Octopus, Octopus Bimaculoides · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (M. Elizabeth Conners and Christina L. Conrath, November 2015): Assessment of the Octopus Stock Complex in the Gulf of Alaska
- Also: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (Alaska Fisheries Science Center), published in Fishery Bulletin 112(4), 2014, by: conrath.pdf
- Also: Giant Pacific Octopus | National Geographic
- Also: Oregon State University (ScholarsArchive@OSU; student research poster, Oregon State University Marine Team): Microsoft PowerPoint - Octopus Aging Poster Final draft
- Also: Journal of Experimental Biology (The Company of Biologists), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine): Multiple optic gland signaling pathways implicated in octopus maternal behaviors and death
- Also: University of Chicago (UChicago Knowledge; Ph.D. dissertation by Zhengyan Wang, Department of Neurobiology, 2018): Molecular Neuroendocrinology of Maternal Behaviors and Death in the California Two-Spot Octopus, Octopus Bimaculoides
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