Breeding season of Octopus vulgaris

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1972 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Marine Biology, volume 16, pages 59-63 (issn: 0025-3162, eissn: 1432-1793,

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Authors: J. Wodinsky;

doi: 10.1007/bf00347848

Breeding season of Octopus vulgaris

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Female Octopus vulgaris Cuvier mated in the laboratory in every month tested. Females maintained in isolation after capture and not mated in the laboratory laid eggs, fertile and infertile, each month of the year. The longest period of sperm viability was 104 days. Young specimens weighing between 4.0 and 66.0 g were found regularly. It is concluded that O. vulgaris breeds throughout the year, at least in Bahamian waters.

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