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Octopus arm choice is strongly influenced by eye use

Byrne, Ruth A., Kuba, Michael J., Meisel, Daniela V., Griebel, Ulrike, Mather, Jennifer A.·2006·Behavioural Brain Research
DOI 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.04.026
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This study aims to investigate the octopus' eye and arm coordination and raises the question if visual guidance determines choice of arm use. Octopuses possess eight seemingly identical arms but have recently been reported to show a preference as to which arm they use to initiate contact with objects. These animals also exhibit lateralized eye use, therefore, a connection between eye and arm preference seems possible. Seven Octopus vulgaris were observed during approach, contact initiation and exploration of plastic objects that were positioned on three different levels in the water column. The subjects most commonly used an arm to initiate contact with an object that was in a direct line between the eye used to look at the object, and the object itself. This indicates that choice of arm use is spatially rather opportunistic when depending on visual guidance. Additionally, first contact with an object was usually established by the central third of the arm and in arm contact sequences neighboring arms were the most likely to follow an arm already touching the object. Although results point towards strong eye/arm coordination, we did not find lateralized behavior in this experiment. Results are discussed from a neuro-anatomical, behavioral and ecological perspective.

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  1. Meisel, 2003, Circadian rhythms in Octopus vulgaris, vol. 3, 171
  2. Springer, 1998
  3. ten Cate, 1928, Contribution à l’innervation des ventouses chez Octopus vulgaris, Arch Neerlandaises Physiol l’Homme Animaux, 13, 407

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Authors
Byrne, R. A., Kuba, M. J., Meisel, D. V., Griebel, U., & Mather, J. A.
Affiliations
  • Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (AT)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
  • University of Memphis (US)
  • University of Lethbridge (CA)
Corresponding author
Byrne, Ruth A.
ORCID
Venue
Behavioural Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-09
Volume
172
Issue
2
Pages
195-201
ISSN
0166-4328 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.bbr.2006.04.026
OpenAlex
W1990784043
Cited by
46
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
FWCI
1.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Behavioural Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • WBI Studies Repository (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
Keywords
Octopus vulgaris, laterality, visual guidance, object exploration, cephalopod behavior
MeSH terms
Animals, Choice Behavior, Exploratory Behavior, Extremities, Eye, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Movement, Ocular Physiological Phenomena, Psychomotor Performance, Vision, Ocular, Octopodiformes

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