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The warmer the water, the faster octopus eggs develop and hatch. [3] After hatching, the paralarvae swim to the surface to join other plankton, where they are often preyed upon by birds, fish, and other plankton feeders. Quicker hatching time may also affect critical timing for food availability. [54]
Most young octopuses hatch as paralarvae, [73] Octopus larave in particular are planktonic for weeks or months. Octopus larave feed on shrimps, isopods and amphipods, eventually settling on the ocean floor and developing into adults. [81] Octopus species that produce larger eggs instead hatch as benthic animals similar to the adults.
Researchers have found that once a mother octopus lays her eggs, she stops feeding herself as she watches over her babies, leading her to waste away and potentially die before they even hatch ...
Now researchers may have solved the mystery of why these pearl octopus congregate: Heat seeping up from the base of an extinct underwater volcano helps their eggs hatch faster. “There are clear ...
She does not feed for the duration or leave the den. A short time before the eggs hatch, the female ventures out and dies a short distance away from the den. [8] Pinnoctopus cordiformis can have 56,000–232,000 eggs; other octopuses such as Thaumeledone zeiss, a rare deep-sea octopus only has tens of eggs.
After mating, the female creates a den, where she will lay 20 to 100 eggs. [citation needed] After laying her eggs, she must keep them alive and well. She blows cool water through her siphon so that the eggs receive oxygen. This will go on until the eggs hatch, which ranges from 150 to 210 days [dubious – discuss] [citation needed]. During ...
Researchers have documented an active octopus nursery, where hundreds of the deep-sea creatures cluster together to brood their eggs. Rare octopus discovery made 2 miles below the ocean surface ...
This also makes it the longest-living octopus – most octopuses only live for 1 or 2 years – which this octopus beats with its brooding period alone. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Female Graneledone boreopacifica tend to brood their eggs between the depths of 1,200 and 2,000 metres (3,900 and 6,600 ft); the eggs were never unattended.