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on a medium to long term. In addition, zootechnical parameters need future research
and improvement. The performance of an ethical experimentation with cephalopods
is strongly encouraged and any zootechnical development should be performed and
adapted accordingly. The potential of cephalopod culture extends far beyond its use
for research and human consumption and probably it will be translated in a remarkable production in the coming years.
Keywords Artificial feed development · Sustainable aquaculture · Cephalopod
culture bottlenecks · Control of reproduction · Embryo · Hatchling · Paralarvae ·
Juvenile · Subadult and adult life phases · Metabolism and nutrition
26.1 Introduction
The study of live cephalopods under controlled laboratory conditions has provided
considerable scientific information to understand their life cycles, otherwise difficult to obtain. This experimental approach has facilitated their use as species
models in neurobiology and behaviour and also provided the basis for the pilot
commercial culture of some species. The chapters of this book show the state of
the art of key aspects related to cephalopod culture and the recent advances on the
culture of the main species studied in different laboratories around the world during
the present century. From the beginning of cephalopod culture (see Chap. 4), new
species have been added to the list of cephalopods maintained, reared or cultured in
captivity. The experimental and pilot culture of a number of cephalopod species has
been explored for different research purposes and with different degrees of success.
Researchers from all over the world have contributed to the extended knowledge
that is summarized in this book, which includes information on existing culture
technology for nautiluses, six sepioid species ( Sepia officinalis, Sepia pharaonis,
Sepiella inermis, Sepiella japonica, Euprymna hyllebergi and Euprymna tasmanica), three squid species ( Loligo vulgaris, Doryteuthis opalescens and Sepioteuthis lessoniana) and seven octopus species ( Amphioctopus aegina, Enteroctopus
megalocyathus, Octopus maya, Octopus mimus, Octopus minor, Octopus vulgaris
and Robsonella fontaniana). This list contains species from all the oceans, with the
exception of polar areas.
However, only the culture of few species seems to persist through time, being
used as target species by research laboratories in different countries that have managed to accumulate considerable scientific knowledge; they are S� officinalis, S� lessoniana, O� maya and O� vulgaris. These species have attained the status of cephalopod culture models and are used not only as the preferential cephalopod aquaculture
candidates but also as the most common cephalopod model organism in other fields
of research, such as neurobiology. The advances in culture technology obtained
through these species have been partially shared among them and employed to other
subtropical and tropical cuttlefish, squid and octopus, which are distributed mainly
in littoral waters (with the exception of the nautiluses). The reasons why these culture cephalopod models have been selected to receive more attention from research-
R. Villanueva et al.
on a medium to long term. In addition, zootechnical parameters need future research
and improvement. The performance of an ethical experimentation with cephalopods
is strongly encouraged and any zootechnical development should be performed and
adapted accordingly. The potential of cephalopod culture extends far beyond its use
for research and human consumption and probably it will be translated in a remarkable production in the coming years.
Keywords Artificial feed development · Sustainable aquaculture · Cephalopod
culture bottlenecks · Control of reproduction · Embryo · Hatchling · Paralarvae ·
Juvenile · Subadult and adult life phases · Metabolism and nutrition
26.1 Introduction
The study of live cephalopods under controlled laboratory conditions has provided
considerable scientific information to understand their life cycles, otherwise difficult to obtain. This experimental approach has facilitated their use as species
models in neurobiology and behaviour and also provided the basis for the pilot
commercial culture of some species. The chapters of this book show the state of
the art of key aspects related to cephalopod culture and the recent advances on the
culture of the main species studied in different laboratories around the world during
the present century. From the beginning of cephalopod culture (see Chap. 4), new
species have been added to the list of cephalopods maintained, reared or cultured in
captivity. The experimental and pilot culture of a number of cephalopod species has
been explored for different research purposes and with different degrees of success.
Researchers from all over the world have contributed to the extended knowledge
that is summarized in this book, which includes information on existing culture
technology for nautiluses, six sepioid species ( Sepia officinalis, Sepia pharaonis,
Sepiella inermis, Sepiella japonica, Euprymna hyllebergi and Euprymna tasmanica), three squid species ( Loligo vulgaris, Doryteuthis opalescens and Sepioteuthis lessoniana) and seven octopus species ( Amphioctopus aegina, Enteroctopus
megalocyathus, Octopus maya, Octopus mimus, Octopus minor, Octopus vulgaris
and Robsonella fontaniana). This list contains species from all the oceans, with the
exception of polar areas.
However, only the culture of few species seems to persist through time, being
used as target species by research laboratories in different countries that have managed to accumulate considerable scientific knowledge; they are S� officinalis, S� lessoniana, O� maya and O� vulgaris. These species have attained the status of cephalopod culture models and are used not only as the preferential cephalopod aquaculture
candidates but also as the most common cephalopod model organism in other fields
of research, such as neurobiology. The advances in culture technology obtained
through these species have been partially shared among them and employed to other
subtropical and tropical cuttlefish, squid and octopus, which are distributed mainly
in littoral waters (with the exception of the nautiluses). The reasons why these culture cephalopod models have been selected to receive more attention from research-