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Reproductive strategies in female polar and deep-sea bobtail squid genera Rossia and Neorossia (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)

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Female reproductive features have been investigated in five polar and deep-sea bobtail squid genera Rossia and Neorossia (R. macrosoma, R. moelleri, R. pacifica, N.c. caroli and N.c. jeannae). These species are characterized by asynchronous ovary maturation, very large eggs (>10% ML), fecundity of several hundred oocytes, very high reproductive output, and continuous spawning with low batch fecundity. This adaptive complex of reproductive traits evolved in these small animals as an optimum strategy for polar and deep-water habitats.

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Acknowledgments

The authors sincerely thank Dr. Alexander Arkhipkin for supporting this work, two anonymous referees for valuable comments, and Wetjens Dimmlich and Judith Brown for improving the English language.

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  1. Falkland Islands Fisheries Department, FIQQ 1ZZ, P.O. Box 598, Stanley, Falkland Islands

    V. V. Laptikhovsky

  2. AtlantNIRO, 5 Dm.Donskoy, 236000, St Kaliningrad, Russia

    Ch. M. Nigmatullin

  3. CEES, Ocean Ecosystems, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA, Haren, The Netherlands

    H. J. T. Hoving

  4. Fisheries Faculty, Mugla University, Kotekli, Mugla, Turkey

    B. Onsoy

  5. Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    A. Salman

  6. Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    K. Zumholz

  7. TINRO-Centre, 4 Shevchenko Alley, 690950, Vladivostok, Russia

    G. A. Shevtsov

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Laptikhovsky, V.V., Nigmatullin, C.M., Hoving, H.J.T. et al. Reproductive strategies in female polar and deep-sea bobtail squid genera Rossia and Neorossia (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae). Polar Biol 31, 1499–1507 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0490-4

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