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Table 4 Laboratory data on spawning pattern

From: Reproductive traits of the small Patagonian octopus Octopus tehuelchus

No.

TW (g)

OW (g)

DW (g)

Eggs_ini

Eggs_final

Development

1

42.8

4.2

3.8

27

36

Recent

2

57.2

0.75

2.17

97

4

Recent

3

46.1

0.91

1.62

106

16

Recent

4

41.4

0.4

1.33

75

0

Medium

5

28

0.93

0.61

16

0

Medium

6

32.4

0.34

1.22

84

0

Medium-advanced

7

45.4

1.03

1.29

95

0

Medium-advanced

8

28.6

0.66

0.72

13

0

Advanced

9

62

3.08

2.72

53

53

Recent

10

33.6

2.3

2.48

47

47

Recent

11

46.3

0.31

1.62

69

69

Medium-advanced

12

46.8

0.51

1.87

74

74

Medium-advanced

13

50.9

0.74

1.97

116

116

Medium-advanced

14

34.7

0.72

0.82

17

17

Advanced

15

42.7

0.46

1.1

65

65

Advanced

16

27.8

0.36

0.62

24

16 (8)

Hatched

  1. TW total weight (g), OW ovary weight (g), DW digestive gland weight (g), Eggs_ini number of eggs in the shelter at the beginning of the experiment, Eggs_final number of eggs in the shelter at the end of the experiment. Octopuses 9–16 are controls. Hatched juveniles in brackets