Stylet reference

bathypol

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Sorry to be such a bother with all these questions but I have just one more (for now :wink:) I am trying to find the first reference for stylets in octopus (supposed to be from around the early 1900's). The earliest I have been able to find is from the 1990's. Does anyone know of this reference?
 
Hmmmm.

There is a very thorough description of these structures in Eledone, pp. 490-491, in Isgrove (1909). LMBC Memoirs 18: 469-573 + 10 plates.

Many university libraries have this old memoir series, so it shouldn't be too difficult to lay your hands on it.
 
I'm taking as many morphometric measures of each specimen as I can along with pictures of each one. So hopefully something coincides with the age externally.
 
bathypol;135120 said:
I just wanted to thank you both for the references. I found the stylet and am now on my way to aging octopus. :smile: Thanks again :smile:

Are you going to try to validate any bands/rings you find by using stains at any point (unfortunately on live animals), and then extract them a known number of days post staining, post mortem?

You could then compare any banding/staining pattern with increments also left on the beaks.

There's a bit of literature out there on this already.
 
Steve O'Shea;135164 said:
Are you going to try to validate any bands/rings you find by using stains at any point (unfortunately on live animals), and then extract them a known number of days post staining, post mortem?

You could then compare any banding/staining pattern with increments also left on the beaks.

There's a bit of literature out there on this already.


I'd like to do that but unfortunately all my specimens are in a freezer. If I could get my hands on live individuals rather than bycatch from trawls, it'd be great. But right now I'm relying on whatever I can find.
 
I'll track you down some references; I understand the logistical problems here.
 

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