A Preliminary Analysis of Sleep-Like States in the Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis

Sleep has been observed in several invertebrate species, but its presence in marine invertebrates is relatively unexplored. Rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep has only been observed in vertebrates. We investigated whether the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis displays sleep-like states. We find that cuttlefi...

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Main Authors: Frank, Marcos G., Waldrop, Robert H., Dumoulin, Michelle, Aton, Sara, Boal, Jean G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368927/