Curled octopus  (Eledone cirrhosa)

Species information

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Glossary

Carapace: The top shell of a turtle. In arthropods (insects, crabs etc), the fused head and thorax (the part of the body located near the head) also known as ‘cephalothorax'.

References

  1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (November, 2002)
    http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/
  2. Key, L.N., Boyle, P.R. and Jaspars, M. (2002) Novel activities of saliva from the octopus Eledone cirrhosa (Mollusca; Cephalopoda). Toxicon, 20: 677 - 683.
  3. Wilson, A., 1999. Eledone cirrhosa. Curled octopus. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (November, 2002)
    http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Eledonecirrhosa.htm
  4. Grisley, M.S., Boyle, P.R. and Key, L.N. (1996) Eye puncture as a route of entry for saliva during predation on crabs by the octopus Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 202: 225 - 237.
  5. Buczacki, S. (2002) Fauna Britannica. Hamlyn, London.