distance. During copulation, the hectocotylus breaks off from the male. The funnel–mantle locking apparatus on the hectocotylus keeps it lodged in the pallial...
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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...
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of most cephalopods develop a specialised arm for sperm delivery, the hectocotylus. Anatomically, cephalopod limbs function using a crosshatch of helical...
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all. As an example, the intromittent organ of most Cephalopoda is the hectocotylus, a specialized arm, and male spiders use their pedipalps. Even within...
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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...
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When octopuses reproduce, the male uses a specialised arm called a hectocotylus to transfer spermatophores (packets of sperm) from the terminal organ...
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grow after the paralarval stage, and the use of a penis, instead of a hectocotylus. Genus Octopoteuthis Octopoteuthis danae Octopoteuthis deletron Octopoteuthis...
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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...
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spermatophore production. Most cephalopods use a specialized arm called the hectocotylus to deliver spermatophores to the female. The spermatophores of the giant...
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the mantle cavity. During copulation of some cephalopod species, the hectocotylus transfers the spermatophore from Needham's sac into the mantle cavity...
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