Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MA migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MAW food: bjPz, jiCi, jiCvf class:
MRE = 0.162 habitat: 0jMc, jiMr gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.046 embryo: Mc reprod: Os family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 45 29.85 (0.3367) d age at birth Heuk1976
tp 183 152.3 (0.1679) d time since birth at puberty Heuk1976
am 255 294.1 (0.1534) d life span Heuk1976
Lb 1.7 1.128 (0.3362) cm mantle length at birth Heuk1976
Wwb 0.1 0.01857 (0.8143) g wet weight at birth Heuk1976
Wwi 3250 3758 (0.1563) g ultimate wet weight Heuk1976
Ni 4500 4330 (0.03779) # cum reprod at death Heuk1976

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tW time since birth wet weight (0.218) Heuk1976

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Octopus maya Unit Description
v 0.02 0.01368 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 33.51 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.001 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.1635 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.9735 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.802 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • z is not well-fixed by data, size ultimate size is much larger than size at death
  • in view of fitting results, puberty does not coincide with mating and part of structure converts to eggs just before death
  • Data point Lb is hard to believe, given Wwb

Facts

  • semelparous: death at first spawning, 10 d after last hatch (Ref: Wiki)
  • Digestion efficiency independent of feeding rate (Ref: Heuk1976)
  • small eggs with a planktontic larval stage, difficult to culture (Ref: Heuk1976)
  • hatches using a hatching gland (Hoyles organ) (Ref: Heuk1976)
  • males and females grow at the same rate (Ref: Heuk1976)

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