• DOI:10.1080/10236244.2017.1369851
Corpus ID: 89738642

A second site occupied by Octopus tetricus at high densities, with notes on their ecology and behavior

@article{Scheel2017ASS,
  title={A second site occupied by Octopus tetricus at high densities, with notes on their ecology and behavior},
  author={D. Scheel and S. Chancellor and Martin L Hing and M. Lawrence and S. Linquist and P. Godfrey-Smith},
  journal={Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology},
  year={2017},
  volume={50},
  pages={285 - 291}
}

• D. Scheel, S. Chancellor, +3 authors P. Godfrey-Smith
• Published 2017
• Biology
• Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

ABSTRACT We report wild octopuses (Octopus tetricus) living at high density at a rock outcrop, the second such site known. O. tetricus are often observed as solitary individuals, with the species known to exist at similar densities and exhibiting complex social behaviors at only one site other than that described here. The present site was occupied by 10–15 octopuses on eight different days. We recorded frequent interactions, signaling, mating, mate defense, eviction of octopuses from dens, and… Expand

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