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Definition of Hectocotyli

Hectocotyli
Hectocotylus Hec`to*cot"y*lus, n.; pl. Hectocotyli. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a hundred + ? a hollow vessel.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.

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- hectocotyli) is one of the arms of male cephalopods that is specialized to store and transfer ****top****s to the female. Structurally, hectocotyli...
- had one or two hectocotyli - long, modified arms used in co****tion or combat with other males. Instead of several hooks, the hectocotyli feature a pair...
- frequently one or both of arm pair IV of males that are modified into hectocotyli. However, most deep-sea squid lack hectocotyl arms and have longer ****es;...
- used when she is ready to fertilize her eggs. She may store several hectocotyli from different males at once. The common blanket octopus exhibits one...
- Female A. bottgeri as small as 11 to 13 mm ML have been reported with hectocotyli in the mantle cavity. They mature at about half the size of Argonauta...
- co****tory behaviour in Idiosepius paradoxus: function of the dimorphic hectocotyli". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 79 (2): 183–186. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyt005...
- (2009). "Variability in Sepietta oweniana (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) hectocotyli". Italian Journal of Zoology. 76 (2): 189–193. doi:10.1080/11250000802346241...
- photop****s which are round or oval in shape. In addition, males lack hectocotyli; these are arms which have evolved to specialize in storage and transfer...
- squid have a specialized arm used to transfer sperm to females called hectocotyli. Females do not have suckers on their ventral arms and only have one...
- the reproductive behaviour of this squid. The male's specially adapted hectocotylis arm is likely to be used to deposit a ****top**** in the female's mantle...