Gross lesions in the Hubb octopus Octopus hubbsorum

Abstract

A visible pathological condition located in the arms and mantle of the Hubb octopus Octopus hubbsorum from the Northeast Pacific waters is described for the first time. Histological sections confirmed later stages (fibrosis) of a chronic inflammatory condition of unknown aetiology.

Keywords:

• Gross lesion
• Octopus hubbsorum

Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank L.F. Bückle and collaborators from CICESE (Baja California, Mexico) for providing octopus samples and to J. A. Durán for technical assistance.

Notes

Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark