Hormonal Inhibition of Feeding and Death in Octopus : Control by Optic Gland Secretion
- 2 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 198 (4320) , 948-951
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.198.4320.948
Abstract
Female Octopus hummelincki lays eggs, broods them, reduces its food intake, and dies after the young hatch. Removal of both optic glands after spawning results in cessation of broodiness, resumption of feeding, increased growth, and greatly extended life-span. Optic gland secretions may cause death of most cephalopods and may function to control population size.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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