Visual Discrimination Learning in the Small Octopus Octopus ocellatus

• Published in: Ethology Vol. 120; no. 9; pp. 863 - 872
• Main Authors: Tomita, Mitsuru, Aoki, Setsuyuki, Tregenza, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hamburg P. Parey 01.09.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Animal cognition; eggs; learning; Marine; Marine biology; Mollusks; observational learning; Octopodidae; Octopus; Octopus ocellatus; rearing; visual discrimination learning
• ISSN: 0179-1613; 1439-0310
• DOI: 10.1111/eth.12258

Octopus ocellatus is a small benthic species of octopus that is easy to rear and spawns large eggs during a short life cycle. These and other features of O. ocellatus may make it an advantageous subject for a broad range of behavioral studies, including those involving various types of learning. How...