Understanding cephalopod regeneration: impact of sexual maturation, injury severity and general anesthesia on octopus arm restoration
Samraggi Chakraborty, Łukasz Bijoch, Fan-Che Kung, PING-JUI HSIEH, Zhen-Hong Yang, Kuo-Sheng Lee
This study investigates how sexual maturation, injury severity, and anesthesia affect octopus arm regeneration speed, finding that reproductive state is the strongest determinant.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience