ABSTRACT
The question of whether cephalopods have a sense of hearing has recently received renewed attention in the literature (Moynihan, 1985; Hanlon & Budelmann, 1987). However, the scarcity of physiological data (Maturana & Sperling, 1963; see also Budelmann, 1977) has meant that both those taking the view that cephalopods are deaf (Moynihan, 1985) and those of the opposing view (Hanlon & Budelmann, 1987) have relied almost entirely on morphological and behavioural evidence. Unfortunately, the morphological evidence cannot be conclusive and some behavioural experiments indicate no reaction to sound by cephalopods (Hubbard, 1960), although this is contradicted by other observations (Maniwa, 1976).
© 1988 by Company of Biologists
1988
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