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Chapter 25
Robsonella fontaniana
Íker Uriarte and Ana Farías
J. Iglesias et al. (eds.), Cephalopod Culture, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8648-5_25,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Í. Uriarte () · A. Farías
Instituto de Acuicultura, Sede Puerto Montt, Universidad Austral de Chile,
1327, Puerto Montt, Chile
e-mail: iuriarte@uach.cl
A. Farías
e-mail: afarias@uach.cl
Abstract Robsonella fontaniana (d’Orbigny 1834) is a moderate-sized octopus
that inhabits the subantarctic region of South America. This benthic resource has
been considered as a potential species for aquaculture diversification, mainly
focused on the Asian “baby octopus” market. Most of the information about this
species comes from the natural populations in Argentina and Chile, and from its
experimental rearing in Chile. This chapter describes the major advances achieved
in reproductive biology, ontogenetic development and hatchery cultivation under
laboratory conditions of R� fontaniana.
Keywords Reproductive conditioning · Baby octopus larviculture · Ontogenetic
development · Robsonella fontaniana
25.1 Introduction
25.1.1 State of the Art
Robsonella fontaniana (d’Orbigny 1834) is a small-sized octopus found off the
Chilean coast and southern Argentina. It can be distinguished from other sympatric
octopus species by its dorsal white spot anterior to the head on fresh and live
specimens (Ibáñez et al. 2008). This cold-water benthic species is distributed along
almost the entire coastal tip of South America, from Peru to Cabo de Hornos in
Chile (Pacific Ocean) and Puerto Madryn in Argentina (Atlantic Ocean). Main reproductive aspects related to survival and feeding aspects of R� fontaniana paralarvae under controlled conditions have been reported in southern Chile (González
et al. 2008; Uriarte et al. 2011a, b). Morphometric changes have been described
for R� fontaniana embryos, paralarvae and juveniles up to 160 days after hatching
Chapter 25
Robsonella fontaniana
Íker Uriarte and Ana Farías
J. Iglesias et al. (eds.), Cephalopod Culture, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8648-5_25,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Í. Uriarte () · A. Farías
Instituto de Acuicultura, Sede Puerto Montt, Universidad Austral de Chile,
1327, Puerto Montt, Chile
e-mail: iuriarte@uach.cl
A. Farías
e-mail: afarias@uach.cl
Abstract Robsonella fontaniana (d’Orbigny 1834) is a moderate-sized octopus
that inhabits the subantarctic region of South America. This benthic resource has
been considered as a potential species for aquaculture diversification, mainly
focused on the Asian “baby octopus” market. Most of the information about this
species comes from the natural populations in Argentina and Chile, and from its
experimental rearing in Chile. This chapter describes the major advances achieved
in reproductive biology, ontogenetic development and hatchery cultivation under
laboratory conditions of R� fontaniana.
Keywords Reproductive conditioning · Baby octopus larviculture · Ontogenetic
development · Robsonella fontaniana
25.1 Introduction
25.1.1 State of the Art
Robsonella fontaniana (d’Orbigny 1834) is a small-sized octopus found off the
Chilean coast and southern Argentina. It can be distinguished from other sympatric
octopus species by its dorsal white spot anterior to the head on fresh and live
specimens (Ibáñez et al. 2008). This cold-water benthic species is distributed along
almost the entire coastal tip of South America, from Peru to Cabo de Hornos in
Chile (Pacific Ocean) and Puerto Madryn in Argentina (Atlantic Ocean). Main reproductive aspects related to survival and feeding aspects of R� fontaniana paralarvae under controlled conditions have been reported in southern Chile (González
et al. 2008; Uriarte et al. 2011a, b). Morphometric changes have been described
for R� fontaniana embryos, paralarvae and juveniles up to 160 days after hatching