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LIGULA LENGTH AND COURTSHIP IN OCTOPUS DIGUETI: A POTENTIAL MECHANISM OF MATE CHOICE
Janet R. Voight,
Janet R. Voight
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 USA
Present address: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 USA.Search for more papers by this authorJanet R. Voight,
Janet R. Voight
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 USA
Present address: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 USA.Search for more papers by this author
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