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Use of the beaks and raduala by Octopus vulgaris in feeding
Author(s) -
Altman J. S.,
Nixon M.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1970.tb02167.x
Subject(s) - octopus (software) , biology , arthropod mouthparts , cephalopod , predation , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , anatomy , zoology , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics
The role of the chitinous beaks and the radula of the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris Lamarck, when feeding on either live shore crabs or whole dead fish, has been examined. One or more of these mouthparts was removed surgically and the effect on the quantity of food eaten and the method of cleaning the prey followed. The condition of the digestivetract was observed at post‐mortem.