Vasomotor phenomena in cephalopods

Phospholipids in Mediterranean cephalopods.

Polar lipids of the cephalopods Eledone moschata, Sepia officinalis and Todarodes sagittatus mantle, represent 50.5%, 66.1% and 74.2% of wet tissue respectively. On the other hand the polar lipids of these three species of cephalopods constitute of 80.8%, 94.8% and 93.7% of phospholipids, respectively. The main phospholipids identified were phosphatidylcholine (52.2, 51.3 and 58.4% of total pho...

Editorial: Vision in Cephalopods

Dynamic Skin Patterns in Cephalopods

Cephalopods are unrivaled in the natural world in their ability to alter their visual appearance. These mollusks have evolved a complex system of dermal units under neural, hormonal, and muscular control to produce an astonishing variety of body patterns. With parallels to the pixels on a television screen, cephalopod chromatophores can be coordinated to produce dramatic, dynamic, and rhythmic ...

Brain and Behavior in Cephalopods

from the point of view of "molecular biology"-the interactions of nucleic acid structure, protein structure and enzyme action in bringing about cell infection and virus replication. Enough is included on protein and nucleic acid chemistry, and on the biosynthesis of these substances in non-viral systems, to make the train of argument intelligible to the reader who has a good basis in science bu...

Global proliferation of cephalopods

Human activities have substantially changed the world's oceans in recent decades, altering marine food webs, habitats and biogeochemical processes [1]. Cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopuses) have a unique set of biological traits, including rapid growth, short lifespans and strong life-history plasticity, allowing them to adapt quickly to changing environmental conditions [2-4]. There ha...