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The stripes of the Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus are as unique as our own fingerprints, enabling scientists to track individuals as they grow

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PLOS

Individually unique, fixed stripe configurations of Octopus chierchiae allow for photoidentification in long-term studies

video: O. chierchiae capturing an amphipod near the opening of the shell it occupied. view more 

Credit: Saumitra Kelkar, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265292

Article Title: Individually unique, fixed stripe configurations of Octopus chierchiae allow for photoidentification in long-term studies

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0265292

Article Title

Individually unique, fixed stripe configurations of Octopus chierchiae allow for photoidentification in long-term studies

Article Publication Date

12-Apr-2023

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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