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The brains and lives of cephalopods / Marion Nixon and J.Z. Young.
LIBRA QL430.2 .N58 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nixon, Marion.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cephalopoda.
- Cephalopoda--Nervous system.
- Nervous system.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 392 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- The book describes the brains and sense organs of 57 of the 139 genera of the class Cephalopoda, many in great detail, as well as a variety of morphological features. The text is well-illustrated with fully labelled line drawings and photomicrographs. Attention is drawn to the many gaps in our knowledge of these intriguing marine invertebrates with a view to stimulating future research.
- Contents:
- 1.1 The cephalopods 1
- 1.2 Living Cephalopoda: an overview 2
- 1.3 Classification of living cephalopods 7
- 1.3.1 Class Cephalopoda 7
- 1.4 Marine environments 8
- 1.5 Distribution of cephalopods 9
- 1.5.2 Major groups 10
- 1.6 Life histories and reproduction 11
- 1.7 Chromatophores, body patterns and photophores 13
- 1.8 Central nervous system and receptors 14
- 1.9 Behaviour and learning 14
- 1.10 Identification, orientation, terminology and measurements of cephalopods and their brains 15
- 1.11 Specimens, illustrations, abbreviations and citations to authors 16
- 2 Central nervous system and sensory systems: an outline 18
- 2.2 Central nervous system 20
- 2.2.1 Suboesophageal mass and magnocellular lobes 20
- 2.2.2 Supraoesophageal mass 21
- 2.2.3 Buccal lobes and the inferior frontal lobe system 21
- 2.2.4 Vertical lobe system 23
- 2.2.5 Basal lobes 24
- 2.2.6 Optic lobes 25
- 2.2.7 Peduncle lobes 27
- 2.2.8 Olfactory lobes 28
- 2.3 Functional organization of the central nervous system 28
- 2.4 The brain and its lobes 29
- 2.5 Sensory systems 30
- 2.5.1 Eyes and extraocular photoreceptors 33
- 2.5.2 Statocysts and other mechanoreceptors 33
- 2.5.3 Chemoreceptors 34
- 3 Nautilidae 35
- 3.1 Nautilus 35
- 3.1.1 The shell and buoyancy 35
- 3.1.2 Locomotion and activity 36
- 3.1.3 Life history 37
- 3.1.4 Tentacles 37
- 3.1.5 Buccal mass and digestive tract 38
- 3.1.6 Olfactory organs 39
- 3.1.7 Eyes 40
- 3.1.8 Optic lobes 41
- 3.1.9 Central nervous system 41
- Anterior sub-oesophageal cord 42
- Posterior suboesophageal cord 42
- Magnocellular lobe 42
- Supraoesophageal cord 43
- 3.1.10 Statocysts 45
- 4 Spirulidae 46
- 4.1 Spirula 46
- 4.1.1 The shell, buoyancy and locomotion 46
- 4.1.2 Life history 47
- 4.1.3 Morphology 47
- 4.1.4 Photophore 48
- 4.1.5 Receptors and the central nervous system 48
- 5 Sepiidae 51
- 5.2 Sepia 51
- 5.2.1 Life history 51
- 5.2.2 The cuttlebone 53
- 5.2.3 Locomotion 54
- 5.2.4 Arms and tentacles 55
- 5.2.5 Prey and prey capture 56
- 5.2.6 Feeding and the buccal mass 58
- 5.2.7 Learning 59
- 5.2.8 Body patterns: chromatic and textural components 60
- 5.2.9 Ink and its function 62
- 5.2.10 Eyes 62
- 5.2.11 Optic lobes 63
- 5.2.12 Central nervous system 64
- Anterior suboesophageal mass 65
- Middle suboesophageal mass 66
- Posterior suboesophageal mass 68
- Magnocellular lobes 68
- Giant-fibre system 69
- Supraoesophageal mass 70
- Basal lobe system 70
- Anterior basal lobe 70
- Median basal lobe 70
- Lateral basal lobes 72
- Interbasal lobe 72
- Dorsal basal lobe 72
- Dorsolateral lobes 72
- Subpedunculate lobes 72
- Peduncle lobes 72
- Olfactory lobes 73
- Inferior frontal lobe 73
- Superior frontal lobe 73
- Vertical lobe 74
- Subvertical lobe 74
- Precommissural lobe 74
- 5.2.13 Extraocular photoreceptor organs 75
- 5.2.14 Subpedunculate tissue: a neurosecretory system 75
- 5.2.15 Epidermal receptors: a 'lateral line' analogue 76
- 5.2.16 Olfactory organs 76
- 5.2.17 Statocysts 76
- 5.3 Metasepia 77
- 5.4 Sepiella 77
- 6 Sepiolidae 79
- 6.1 Rossiinae 79
- 6.1.1 Rossia 79
- Life history 79
- Eyes and central nervous system 80
- 6.1.2 Semirossia 81
- 6.1.3 Neorossia 81
- 6.2 Heteroteuthinae 81
- 6.2.1 Heteroteuthis 81
- Life history 81
- Photophores 81
- Buccal mass 82
- Receptors and central nervous system 82
- 6.2.2 Nectoteuthis 83
- 6.2.3 Iridoteuthis 83
- 6.2.4 Stoloteuthis 83
- 6.2.5 Sepiolina 84
- 6.3 Sepiolinae 84
- 6.3.1 Sepiola 84
- Life history 85
- Photophores 85
- Receptors and central nervous system 85
- 6.3.2 Euprymna 86
- Life history 86
- Behaviour 86
- Photophores 87
- Eyes 88
- 6.3.3 Rondeletiola 88
- 6.3.4 Sepietta 88
- Life history 88
- Central nervous system 89
- 6.3.5 Inioteuthis 89
- 7 Idiosepiidae 90
- 7.1 Idiosepius 90
- 7.2 Behaviour 90
- 7.3 Life history 91
- 8 Pickfordiateuthidae and Loliginidae 92
- 8.1 Pickfordiateuthidae 92
- 8.1.1 Pickfordiateuthis 92
- 8.2 Loliginidae 93
- 8.2.1 Loligo 93
- 8.2.2 Loliolus 93
- 8.2.3 Lolliguncula 93
- 8.2.4 Sepioteuthis 94
- 8.2.5 Uroteuthis 94
- 8.3 The loliginids 95
- 8.3.1 Life histories 95
- 8.3.2 Mantle, fins and locomotion 96
- 8.3.3 Shoaling and schooling 99
- 8.3.4 Arms and tentacles 99
- 8.3.5 Prey capture and diet 101
- 8.3.6 Buccal mass 102
- 8.3.7 Chromatophores, iridophores and body patterns 104
- 8.3.8 Learning 106
- 8.4 Receptors and central nervous system of loliginids 106
- 8.4.1 Mechanoreceptors 106
- 8.4.2 'Lateral line' system 106
- 8.4.3 Olfactory organs 107
- 8.4.4 Extraocular photoreceptor organs 107
- 8.4.5 Eyes 108
- 8.4.6 Optic lobes 109
- 8.4.7 Central nervous system 111
- Suboesophageal mass 111
- Anterior suboesophageal mass 111
- Middle suboesophageal mass 112
- Magnocellular lobe and its connections 113
- Giant-fibre system 113
- Static nerves 118
- Posterior suboesophageal mass 118
- Anterior palliovisceral lobe 118
- Central palliovisceral lobe 118
- Visceral lobes 118
- Posterior chromatophore lobe 118
- Fin lobe 119
- Supraoesophageal mass 119
- Basal lobes 119
- Peduncle lobes 119
- Anterior basal lobe 120
- Anterior anterior basal lobe 120
- Posterior anterior basal lobe 120
- Posterior basal region 120
- Median basal and dorsal basal lobes 120
- Interbasal region 120
- Dorsolateral lobes 121
- Subpedunculate lobes 121
- Lateral basal lobes 121
- Olfactory lobe 122
- Vertical lobe system 122
- Inferior frontal lobe 122
- Superior frontal lobe 123
- Postfrontal lobe 124
- Vertical lobe 124
- Subvertical lobe 125
- Precommissural lobe 125
- 8.4.8 Statocysts 126
- 9 Chtenopterygidae 128
- 9.1 Chtenopteryx 128
- 9.1.1 Morpholgy and function 128
- 9.1.2 Photophores 129
- 9.1.3 Receptors and central nervous system 129
- 9.1.4 Affinities of Chtenopteryx 131
- 10 The 'Enoploteuthid group' 132
- 10.1 Families of the 'Enoploteuthid group' 132
- 10.2 Enoploteuthidae 132
- 10.2.1 Enoploteuthis 133
- 10.2.2 Abralia 134
- Life history 134
- Photophores 134
- Extraocular photoreceptor organs 134
- 10.2.3 Abraliopsis 134
- Photophores 135
- Morphology 135
- Receptors and central nervous system 135
- 10.2.4 Watasenia 137
- Life history 138
- Photophores 138
- Eyes 138
- 10.3 Ancistrocheiridae 138
- 10.3.1 Ancistrocheirus 138
- Photophores 139
- Extraocular photoreceptor organs 139
- 10.4 Pyroteuthidae 139
- 10.4.1 Pyroteuthis 139
- Life history 139
- The buccal mass 141
- Receptors and central nervous system 141
- 10.4.2 Pterygioteuthis 142
- Life history 142
- Photophores 142
- Iridophores 143
- Buccal mass 143
- Receptors and central nervous system 143
- 11 Neoteuthidae 148
- 11.1 Neoteuthis 148
- 11.2 Alluroteuthis 149
- 11.3 Nototeuthis 149
- 12 Lycoteuthidae 150
- 12.1 Lycoteuthinae 150
- 12.1.1 Lycoteuthis 150
- Photophores 150
- Receptors and central nervous system 151
- 12.1.2 Selenoteuthis 152
- 12.1.3 Nematolampas 154
- 12.2 Lampadioteuthinae 154
- 12.2.1 Lampadioteuthis 154
- 13 Histioteuthidae 155
- 13.1 Histioteuthis 155
- 13.1.1 Life history 155
- 13.1.2 Morphology 155
- 13.1.3 Photophores 156
- 13.1.4 Receptors and central nervous system 157
- 14 Bathyteuthidae 160
- 14.1 Bathyteuthis 160
- 14.1.1 Life history 160
- 14.1.2 Locomotion 161
- 14.1.3 Receptors and central nervous system 161
- 15 Architeuthidae 163
- 15.1 Architeuthis 163
- 15.1.1 Life history 163
- 15.1.2 Morphology 163
- 15.1.3 Eyes and optic lobes 165
- 15.1.4 Central nervous system 166
- 15.1.5 Giant fibres 167
- 15.1.6 Statocysts 170
- 16 Ommastrephidae 171
- 16.1 Todarodinae 171
- 16.1.1 Todarodes 171
- Life history and habits 171
- Receptors and central nervous system 171
- 16.1.2 Martialia 172
- 16.1.3 Nototodarus 172
- 16.2 Illicinae 172
- 16.2.1 Illex 172
- Life history and habits 172
- Central nervous system and receptors 174
- 16.2.2 Todaropsis 175
- 16.3 Ommastrephinae 175
- 16.3.1 Ommastrephes 175
- Life history and habits 175
- Central nervous system and receptors 176
- 16.3.2 Ornithoteuthis 176
- 16.3.3 Dosidicus 177
- 16.3.4 Sthenoteuthis 177
- Life history 177
- Photophores 178
- Receptors 178
- 16.3.5 Eucleoteuthis 178
- 16.3.6 Hyaloteuthis 178
- 17 Onychoteuthidae 179
- 17.1 Onychoteuthis 179
- 17.1.1 Life history 179
- 17.1.2 Receptors and central nervous system 180
- 17.2 Onykia 181
- 17.3 Moroteuthis 181
- 17.4 Ancistroteuthis 182
- 17.5 Kondakovia 182
- 18 Gonatidae 183
- 18.1 Gonatus 183
- 18.1.1 Life history 183
- 18.1.2 Morphology 184
- 18.1.3 Receptors and central nervous system 184
- 18.2 Eogonatus 186
- 18.3 Gonatopsis 187
- 18.4 Berryteuthis 187
- 19 Brachioteuthidae 188
- 19.1 Brachioteuthis 188
- 19.1.1 Life history 188
- 19.1.2 Receptors and central nervous system 189
- 20 Lepidoteuthidae and Pholidoteuthidae 190
- 20.1.1 Lepidoteuthis 190
- 20.2.1 Pholidoteuthis 191
- Central nervous systems and receptors 191
- 21 Octopoteuthidae 193
- 21.1 Octopoteuthis 193
- 21.1.1 Morphology 193
- 21.1.2 Receptors and central nervous system 194
- 21.2 Taningia 195
- 22 Thysanoteuthidae 196
- 22.1 Thysanoteuthis 196
- 22.1.1 Life history 196
- 22.1.2 Central nervous system and receptors 197
- 23 Cycloteuthidae 198
- 23.1 Cycloteuthis 198
- 23.2 Discoteuthis 198
- 24 The 'Chiroteuthid lineage' 200
- 24.1 Chiroteuthidae 200
- 24.1.1 Chiroteuthis 200
- Life history 200
- Morphology 201
- Photophores 203
- Receptors and central nervous system 204
- 24.1.2 Planctoteuthis 205
- 24.1.3 Asperoteuthis 205
- 24.1.4 Grimalditeuthis 206
- Life history 206
- Receptors and central nervous system 206
- 24.2 Mastigoteuthidae 207
- 24.2.1 Mastigoteuthis 207
- Arms and tentacles 208
- Buccal mass 210
- The living animal 211
- Receptors and central nervous system 211
- 24.3 Joubiniteuthidae 213
- 24.3.1 Joubiniteuthis 213
- Morphology 214
- Receptors and central nervous system 214
- 24.4 Promachoteuthidae 215
- 24.4.1 Promachoteuthis 215
- 24.5 Batoteuthidae 216
- 24.5.1 Batoteuthis 216
- 24.6 Magnapinnidae 216
- 24.6.1 Magnapinna 216
- 25 Cranchiidae 217
- 25.1 Cranchiinae 217
- 25.1.1 Cranchia 217
- Tubercles 217
- Locomotion 218
- Receptors and central nervous system 218
- 25.1.2 Liocranchia 219
- Life history 219
- Concealment 219
- Receptors and central nervous system 219
- 25.1.3 Leachia 220
- Life history 220
- Receptors and central nervous system 220
- 25.2 Taoniinae 221
- 25.2.1 Helicocranchia 221
- Receptors and central nervous system 222
- 25.2.2 Bathothauma 222
- Growth 222
- Photophores 223
- Receptors and central nervous system 223
- 25.2.3 Sandalops 225
- Photophores 225
- Receptors and central nervous system 225
- 25.2.4 Liguriella 225
- 25.2.5 Taonius 226
- Receptors and central nervous system 226
- 25.2.6 Galiteuthis 227
- Life history 227
- Receptors and central nervous system 227
- 25.2.7 Mesonychoteuthis 228
- Stellate ganglia and statocysts 229
- 25.2.8 Egea 229
- Receptors and central nervous system 230
- 25.2.9 Megalocranchia 230
- 25.2.10 Teuthowenia 231
- Life history 231
- Behaviour 231
- Photophores 232
- Receptors and central nervous system 232
- 26 Vampyroteuthidae 235
- 26.1 Vampyroteuthis 235
- 26.2 Life history 235
- 26.3 Locomotion 236
- 26.4 Arms and filaments 236
- 26.5 Buccal mass 238
- 26.6 Mantle, gladius, funnel, fins, and skin 238
- 26.7 Photophores 239
- 26.8 Eyes 239
- 26.9 Optic lobes and optic tract lobes 240
- 26.10 Central nervous system 240
- 26.10.1 Supraoesophageal mass 241
- 26.10.2 Suboesophageal mass 242
- 26.11 Stellate ganglia 242
- 26.12 Extraocular photoreceptor organs 244
- 26.13 Statocysts 244
- 26.14 Affinities with other coleoids 245
- 27 Cirroctopodida 246
- 27.1 Cirroctopodids 246
- 27.2 Cirroteuthidae 246
- 27.2.1 Cirroteuthis 246
- 27.2.2 Cirrothauma 249
- Arms, suckers, and cirri 249
- Interbrachial web 249
- Mantle, funnel, fins, and fin support 249
- Heart 250
- Buccal mass 250
- Reproduction 252
- 27.2.3 Froekenia 253
- 27.3 Stauroteuthidae 253
- 27.3.1 Stauroteuthis 253
- 27.4 Opisthoteuthidae 254
- 27.4.1 Opisthoteuthis 254
- 27.4.2 Grimpoteuthis 255
- 27.5 Central nervous system and receptors of cirroctopodids 256
- 27.5.1 Suboesophageal lobes 256
- 27.5.2 Eyes 257
- 27.5.3 Optic lobes 257
- 27.5.4 Origin and organization of the supraoesophageal lobes 258
- 27.5.5 Peduncle and basal lobes: the visuo-static system 259
- 27.5.6 Buccal and inferior frontal lobes: tactile system 259
- 27.5.7 Vertical lobe system 260
- 27.5.8 Stellate ganglia and epistellar bodies 261
- 27.5.9 Giant nerve fibres 261
- 27.5.10 Statocysts 262
- 28 Amphitretidae 263
- 28.1 Amphitretus 263
- 28.2 Behaviour 263
- 28.3 Receptors and the central nervous system 263
- 29 Bolitaenidae 266
- 29.1 Bolitaena 266
- 29.2 Eledonella 266
- 29.2.1 Reproduction and photophore 266
- 29.2.2 Diet 267
- 29.2.3 Receptors and central nervous system 267
- 29.3 Japetella 267
- 29.3.1 Buoyancy 267
- 29.3.2 Reproduction 267
- 29.3.3 Diet and buccal mass 268
- 29.3.4 Receptors and central nervous system 268
- 30 Vitreledonellidae 271
- 30.1 Vitreledonella 271
- 30.2 Life history 271
- 30.3 Morphology 271
- 30.4 Receptors and central nervous system 272
- 31 Octopodidae 276
- 31.1 Octopodinae 276
- 31.1.1 Octopus 276
- Habitat and habits 276
- Locomotion 277
- Life history 277
- Arms and suckers 280
- Prey and its capture 282
- Buccal mass 283
- Skin and body patterns 287
- Learning 288
- Development of central nervous system in the late embryo, hatchling and posthatchling 290
- Eyes 292
- Optic lobes 294
- Central nervous system 295
- Suboesophageal mass 296
- Anterior suboesophageal mass 296
- Middle suboesophageal mass 297
- Posterior suboesophageal mass 297
- Central pathways of the nerves of the arms 298
- Magnocelluar lobes 300
- Supraoesophageal mass 300
- Superior buccal lobe and inferior buccal ganglia 301
- Inferior frontal lobe system 301
- Superior frontal
- vertical lobe system 302
- Superior frontal lobe 302
- Vertical lobe 302
- Subvertical lobe 302
- Precommissural lobe 303
- Cerebral tracts 303
- Basal lobe system 303
- Anterior basal lobe 303
- Interbasal lobe 304
- Median basal lobe 304
- Dorsal basal and subpedunculate lobes 304
- Lateral basal lobes 305
- Peduncle lobes
- a visuo-motor centre 305
- Olfactory lobes 305
- Olfactory organs, mechano- and chemoreceptors 305
- Stellate ganglia 306
- Epistellar bodies 308
- Neurovenous tissues 308
- Statocyst
- oculomotor system 308
- Statocysts 309
- 31.1.2 Ameloctopus 310
- 31.1.3 Amphioctopus 311
- 31.1.4 Enteroctopus 311
- 31.1.5 Hapalochlaena 311
- Body patterns and behaviour 312
- Life history 312
- Buccal mass and salivary glands 312
- 31.1.6 Danoctopus and Pteroctopus 313
- 31.1.7 Scaeurgus 314
- 31.2 Eledoninae 315
- 31.2.1 Eledone 315
- Life history 316
- Body patterns 316
- Receptors and central nervous system 316
- 31.2.2 Pareledone 318
- 31.2.3 Vosseledone 318
- 31.2.4 Velodona 319
- 31.3 Graneledoninae 319
- 31.3.1 Graneledone 319
- 31.3.2 Bentheledone 319
- 31.4 Bathypolypodinae 320
- 31.4.1 Bathypolypus 320
- Life history 320
- Feeding habits 321
- Receptors and central nervous system 321
- 31.4.2 Benthoctopus 321
- Life history 321
- Central nervous system 321
- 31.4.3 Vulcanoctopus 323
- 32 Tremoctopodidae 324
- 32.1 Tremoctopus 324
- 32.2 Reproduction 324
- 32.3 Behaviour 324
- 32.4 Morphology 325
- 32.5 Receptors and central nervous system 325
- 33 Argonautidae 328
- 33.1 Argonauta 328
- 33.2 The shell 328
- 33.3 Life history 328
- 33.4 Movement and locomotion 329
- 33.5 Colour 329
- 33.6 Morphology 329
- 33.7 Feeding and the buccal mass 329
- 33.8 Receptors and central nervous system 330
- 34 Alloposidae 333
- 34.1 Haliphron 333
- 34.2 Life history 333
- 34.3 Morphology 333
- 34.4 Receptors and central nervous system 334
- 35 Ocythoidae 336
- 35.1 Ocythoe 336
- 35.2 Locomotion and buoyancy 336
- 35.3 Reproduction 337
- 35.4 Morphology 337
- 35.5 Receptors and central nervous system 338.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-371) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198527616
- OCLC:
- 51274684
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