- distance.
During co****tion, the
hectocotylus breaks off from the male. The funnel–mantle
locking apparatus on the
hectocotylus keeps it
lodged in the pallial...
-
approaches a
female and
begins to
caress her with his
modified arm, the
hectocotylus. A male
mates with a
female by
grabbing her,
which sometimes completely...
- grow
after the
paralarval stage, and the use of a ****,
instead of a
hectocotylus.
Genus Octopoteuthis Octopoteuthis danae Octopoteuthis deletron Octopoteuthis...
- When
octopuses reproduce, the male uses a
specialised arm
called a
hectocotylus to
transfer ****top****s (packets of sperm) from the
terminal organ...
- the
hectocotylus.
Males then
climb on the female's back, at
times completely engulfing the female's
mantle obstructing her vision. The
hectocotylus is...
- all. As an example, the
intromittent organ of most
Cephalopoda is the
hectocotylus, a
specialized arm, and male
spiders use
their pedipalps. Even within...
- meters. Male with
attached hectocotylus that has
broken free from its sac Cut-away
drawing of the
viscera Details of the
hectocotylus O.
tuberculata paralarva...
- of most
cephalopods develop a
specialised arm for
sperm delivery, the
hectocotylus. Anatomically,
cephalopod limbs function using a
crosshatch of helical...
-
females to
create their eggcases. The
males use a
modified arm, the
hectocotylus, to
transfer sperm to the female. For fertilization, the arm is inserted...
- the
mantle cavity.
During co****tion of some
cephalopod species, the
hectocotylus transfers the ****top**** from Needham's sac into the
mantle cavity...
