Comment on Larger Pacific striped octopusparentComments−bell-cot2dWell, unfortunately - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus#Reproduction - a just-hatched young octopus doesn't stick around, but drifts away in the current.Also worth a read - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory−__patchbit__1dThe deep-sea octopus Graneledone boreopacifica has the longest known observed 53 month egg brooding period.−NewJazz1dWe could test this if we managed to get a dna sample of the colonies. It does seem unclear if the colonies are "chosen" family or biological.
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Well, unfortunately - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus#Reproduction - a just-hatched young octopus doesn't stick around, but drifts away in the current.
Also worth a read - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory
The deep-sea octopus Graneledone boreopacifica has the longest known observed 53 month egg brooding period.
We could test this if we managed to get a dna sample of the colonies. It does seem unclear if the colonies are "chosen" family or biological.