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Spermatophores and Spermatophoric Reaction in the Giant Octopus of the North Pacific, Octopus dofleini martini

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MANN, T., MARTIN, A. & THIERSCH, J. Spermatophores and Spermatophoric Reaction in the Giant Octopus of the North Pacific, Octopus dofleini martini. Nature 211, 1279–1282 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2111279a0

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