Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus
Planktonic stages of benthic octopuses can reach relatively large sizes in some species, usually in oceanic, epipelagic waters while living as part of the macroplankton. These young octopuses appear to delay settlement on the seabed for an undetermined period of time that is probably longer than for...
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ftnhmlondon:oai:nhm.openrepository.com:10141/622874 2023-05-15T17:36:20+02:00 Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus Villanueva, Roger Laptikhovsky, Vladimir V Piertney, Stuart B Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Ángel Collins, Martin A Ablett, J Escánez, Alejandro 2020-11-24T11:41:55Z http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622874 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.561125 en eng Frontiers Media SA Villanueva R, Laptikhovsky VV, Piertney SB, Fernández-Álvarez FÁ, Collins MA, Ablett JD and Escánez A (2020) Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:561125. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.561125 doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.561125 http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622874 2296-7745 Frontiers in Marine Science 7 openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Mollusca Cephalopoda Octopoda planktonic larvae mesopelagic zone Journal Article 2020 ftnhmlondon https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.561125 2021-08-08T10:19:28Z Planktonic stages of benthic octopuses can reach relatively large sizes in some species, usually in oceanic, epipelagic waters while living as part of the macroplankton. These young octopuses appear to delay settlement on the seabed for an undetermined period of time that is probably longer than for those octopus paralarvae living in coastal, neritic waters. The reason for this delay is unknown and existing information about their biology is very scarce. Here we report on the presence of juvenile and subadult forms of the bathybenthic octopus Pteroctopus tetracirrhus in oceanic waters of the South and North Atlantic and its association with the pyrosomid species Pyrosoma atlanticum, apparently used by the octopus as a refuge or shelter. The relatively large size of the P. tetracirrhus living in oceanic waters as the individuals reported here, together with the morphological characteristics of this bathybenthic species including its gelatinous body, minute suckers embedded in swollen skin and the deep interbrachial web, indicates that P. tetracirrhus may be considered a model of a transitional octopus species that is colonizing the pelagic environment by avoiding descending to the bathyal benthos. This process seems to occur in the same way as in the supposed origin of the ctenoglossan holopelagic octopods of the families Amphitretidae, Bolitaenidae, and Vitreledonellidae, which have arisen via neoteny from the planktonic paralarval stages of benthic octopuses. © 2020 Villanueva, Laptikhovsky, Piertney, Fernández-Álvarez, Collins, Ablett and Escánez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Natural History Museum Repository Villanueva ENVELOPE(-61.733,-61.733,-66.200,-66.200) Frontiers in Marine Science 7 |
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Planktonic stages of benthic octopuses can reach relatively large sizes in some species, usually in oceanic, epipelagic waters while living as part of the macroplankton. These young octopuses appear to delay settlement on the seabed for an undetermined period of time that is probably longer than for those octopus paralarvae living in coastal, neritic waters. The reason for this delay is unknown and existing information about their biology is very scarce. Here we report on the presence of juvenile and subadult forms of the bathybenthic octopus Pteroctopus tetracirrhus in oceanic waters of the South and North Atlantic and its association with the pyrosomid species Pyrosoma atlanticum, apparently used by the octopus as a refuge or shelter. The relatively large size of the P. tetracirrhus living in oceanic waters as the individuals reported here, together with the morphological characteristics of this bathybenthic species including its gelatinous body, minute suckers embedded in swollen skin and the deep interbrachial web, indicates that P. tetracirrhus may be considered a model of a transitional octopus species that is colonizing the pelagic environment by avoiding descending to the bathyal benthos. This process seems to occur in the same way as in the supposed origin of the ctenoglossan holopelagic octopods of the families Amphitretidae, Bolitaenidae, and Vitreledonellidae, which have arisen via neoteny from the planktonic paralarval stages of benthic octopuses. © 2020 Villanueva, Laptikhovsky, Piertney, Fernández-Álvarez, Collins, Ablett and Escánez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
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Villanueva R, Laptikhovsky VV, Piertney SB, Fernández-Álvarez FÁ, Collins MA, Ablett JD and Escánez A (2020) Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:561125. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.561125 doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.561125 http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622874 2296-7745 Frontiers in Marine Science 7 |
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