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Dynamic mimicry in an Indo–Malayan octopus [PDF]

open access: green, 2001
During research dives in Indonesia (Sulawesi and Bali), we filmed a distinctive long-armed octopus, which is new to science. Diving over 24 h periods revealed that the 'mimic octopus' emerges during daylight hours to forage on sand substrates in full ...
Mark D. Norman   +2 more
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Octopus: A Secure and Anonymous DHT Lookup [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Distributed Hash Table (DHT) lookup is a core technique in structured peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Its decentralized nature introduces security and privacy vulnerabilities for applications built on top of them; we thus set out to design a lookup ...
Borisov, Nikita, Wang, Qiyan
core   +1 more source

An Octopus-Derived Peptide with Antidiuretic Activity in Rats

open access: yesMarine Drugs, 2022
Discovering new drug candidates with high efficacy and few side effects is a major challenge in new drug development. The two evolutionarily related peptides oxytocin (OXT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) are known to be associated with a variety of ...
Ye-Ji Kim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of Some Commercially Important Octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from Indonesian Waters using Mitochondrial DNA Cytochrome Oxidase Sub-Unit I (Mt-DNA COI)

open access: yesIlmu Kelautan, 2021
As per the FAO data, octopus identification is very limited in the species level at world fishery and also they are cryptic nature. On the other hand, Indonesia is one of the top ten highest octopus exporters.
Nenik Kholilah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cephalopods as Challenging and Promising Blue Foods: Structure, Taste, and Culinary Highlights and Applications

open access: yesFoods, 2022
Foods are complex systems due to their biological origin. Biological materials are soft matter hierarchically structured on all scales from molecules to tissues.
Charlotte Vinther Schmidt   +1 more
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The Colours of Octopus: Using Spectral Data to Measure Octopus Camouflage

open access: yesVision, 2022
No animal can so effectively camouflage in such a wide range of environments as the octopus. Thanks to their highly malleable skin, they are capable of adapting their body patterns to the brightness and texture of their immediate environment, and they ...
Luis Nahmad-Rohen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deciphering regeneration through non-model animals: A century of experiments on cephalopod mollusks and an outlook at the future

open access: yesFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023
The advent of marine stations in the last quarter of the 19th Century has given biologists the possibility of observing and experimenting upon myriad marine organisms.
Fabio De Sio   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The two-photon reversible reaction of the bistable jumping spider rhodopsin-1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Bistable opsins are photopigments expressed in both invertebrates and vertebrates. These light-sensitive G-protein-coupled receptors undergo a reversible reaction upon illumination.
Deupi, Xavier   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Low-Toxicity Solvents for the Extraction of Valuable Lipid Compounds from Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) Waste

open access: yesFoods, 2023
This study focused on the recovery of valuable lipid compounds from octopus (Octopus vulgaris) by-products. Extraction conditions of total lipids (TLs), phospholipids (PLs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) were optimized by ...
Lucía Méndez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simulation of Octopus Arm Based on Coupled CPGs

open access: yesJournal of Robotics, 2015
The octopus arm has attracted many researchers’ interests and became a research hot spot because of its amazing features. Several dynamic models inspired by an octopus arm are presented to realize the structure with a large number of degrees of freedom ...
Juan Tian, Qiang Lu
doaj   +1 more source

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