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This study is a part of a large scale research project investigating the motor control system of the octopus by referring to kinematic, biomechanical and neural aspects. Here we focus on the kinematics of octopus arm movements and its underlying principles, by processing digital…

Autotomy is the shedding of a body part as a means of secondary defense against a predator that has already made contact with the organism. This defense mechanism has been widely studied in a few model taxa, specifically lizards, a few groups of arthropods, and some echinoderms.…

This thesis addresses knowledge gaps about deep-sea incirrate octopods, a suborder of octopods with representatives in both the shallow and the deep sea, with a focus on the western North Atlantic. It answers three main research questions: what species of bathyal incirrate octop…