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Venom on ice: first insights into Antarctic octopus venoms.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology - 1 Nov 2010
Undheim E A B, Georgieva D N, Thoen H H, Norman J A, Mork J, Betzel C, Fry B G
Abstract excerpt
The venom of Antarctic octopus remains completely unstudied. Here, a preliminary investigation was conducted into the properties of posterior salivary gland (PSG) extracts from four Antarctica eledonine (Incirrata; Octopodidae) species (Adelieledone polymorpha, Megaleledone setebos, Pareledone aequipapillae, and Pareledone turqueti) collected from the coast off George V's Land, Antarctica. Specimens were assayed...
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