Access
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
Scientific Correspondence
Nature 389, 683-684 (16 October 1997) | doi:10.1038/39497
Open Innovation Challenges
-
Single-cell Analysis Platform
This Challenge is looking for novel approaches to analyzing changes at a single-cell level. This is...
-
Novel Approaches to Protecting Maize from Insect Damage
The Seeker is looking for novel approaches to protecting maize from insect damage. This Challenge re...
- More Challenges
- Powered by:
nature jobs
Assistant / Associate / Full Professor
- Northeastern University
- Boston, MA
Technical Manager
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow, UK
Sex in giant squid
Abstract
Recent captures of two female giant squid ( Architeuthis ) off southern Australia have provided the first record of a mated female specimen of these almost mythical deepsea creatures. We found sperm packages (spermatophores) embedded within the skin of both ventral arms of the larger of the two specimens. It seems that male giant squids may use their muscular elongate penis to 'inject' sperm packages under pressure directly into the arms of females.
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
