Reproductive systems and mating traces of the Sub-Antarctic deep-sea squid Onykia ingens (Cephalopoda: Onychoteuthidae)

We performed quantitative assessment of the reproductive systems of deep-sea species Onykia ingens. Our goals were to: 1) quantify spermatophore production 2) determine the (preferred) location for spermatangia deposition; 3) investigate whether male and female O. ingens mate with multiple mates. To...

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Main Authors: Hoving, Henk-Jan Ties, Arkhipkin, A I, Laptikhovsky, Vladimir V, Marian, J E A R
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2016
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Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.869836
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.869836
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Summary:We performed quantitative assessment of the reproductive systems of deep-sea species Onykia ingens. Our goals were to: 1) quantify spermatophore production 2) determine the (preferred) location for spermatangia deposition; 3) investigate whether male and female O. ingens mate with multiple mates. Towards this end we examined male and female O. ingens specimens from Falkland Island and New Zealand waters.