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* News on the media: In 2014 the Journal of Comparative Psychology published our paper "Cannibalistic behaviour of Octopus vulgaris in the wild", and various media outlets covered the story:

Live Science: Octopus cannibalism caught on video for first time
IFL Science: Researchers catch octopus cannibalism on film
Scientific American: Octopus cannibalism captured for first time

Washington Post: Watch the first-ever video of octopus cannibalism
Discovery News: Octopus cannibalism caught on video for first time

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Small octopus that was being eaten by a larger octopus

* Radio interview: In 2017 I was interviewed live by Odile Rodríguez de la Fuente regarding the intelligence of the octopus on the Spanish radio station M80-Radio.

* News on the media: In 2019, our paper titled "The cannibal attack of the octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in the wild: predator and prey behaviour" was published in the Journal of Molluscan Studies. Additionally, various media outlets, including the newspaper Faro de Vigo and GCiencia, covered the news:

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Sequence of movements of the female octopus during the cannibalistic attack
* News on the media: In 2020, the Marine Biodiversity journal published our paper "Bipedal locomotion by Octopus vulgaris" and the newspaper Faro de Vigo  covered the news:
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Juvenile octopus walking in disguise

* News on the media: In 2022, Science Magazine published our letter "A scuffle at sea" and the newspaper Faro de Vigo  covered the news:

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* News on the media: In 2024, Ecology and Evolution published our Nature Note "The best defense is a good offense: Anti-predator behavior of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) against conger eel attacks" and Faro de Vigo  and New York Times covered the news:

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* Scientific outreach: Investigación y Ciencia, one of the most important scientific dissemination journals in Spain, published this short article on the reproduction of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris):

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SCI publications:

44- Hernández-Urcera, J., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Soule, S.E., González, A.F. (In preparation). Bivalve shell utilization by juvenile Octopus vulgaris in sandy bottoms.

43- Eliana Alfaro-Cordova; Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto; Louise Allcock; Athena Allen; Eduardo Almansa; Luis Bentes; Ramiro Braga; Aaron Brazier; Miguel Cabanellas-Reboredo; Jesús Cano Compaire; Gavan Cooke; Zoe Doubleday; Christian Drerup; Jorge Hernández-Urcera; Alex N Holdgate; Unai Markaida; Jeffrey Mangel; Hassan Moustahfid; Nicolas Ortiz; Catalina Perales-Raya; Nefertiti Roland-Wong; Qiaz Q.H. Hua; Graham J Pierce; David Piló; Mafalda Rangel; Rui Rosa; Álvaro Roura; K K Sajikumar; Geetha Sasikumar; Silvina Van der Molen; Kathrin Vossen; Daniel Oesterwind.(Under review). Octopus conservation: A global review of methods to ameliorate unintended fishing mortality and other anthropogenic threats to sustainability.

42- Ruiz-Jarabo, I., Hernández-Urcera, J., Pereira, S., Sobrino, I., López, J.A., Planas, M. (Under review). Occurrence of seahorses Hippocampus spp. in the southermost part of Western Europe and new maximum depth record.

41- Soule, S.E., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Juijn, H., González, A.F., Hernández-Urcera, J. (Under review). The persistence of memory: Behavioral analysis and arm usage of a 9-armed Octopus vulgaris.


40- Hernández-Urcera, J., González, A.F., Escolano, F., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M. (Under review). Observational evidence of egg guarding in European squid in the wild.

39- Fernández, J., Gestoso, I. Juijn, H., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Hernández-Urcera, J. (Under review). Predation of the Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) by the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris): First records in the Mediterranean Sea and implications for invasive species management.

38- Hernández-Urcera, J., Romero, A., Cruz, P., Vasconcelos, V., Figueras, A., Novoa, B., Rodríguez, F. 2024. Screening of microalgae for bioactivity with antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer assays. Biology 13, 255.


37- Salvador, B., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Garci, M.E., González, A.F., Hernández-Urcera, J. 2024. The best defense is a good offense: Anti-predator behavior of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) against conger eel attacks. Ecology and Evolution 14(3):e11107.

36- Hernández-Urcera, J., Garci, M.E., González, A.F. 2023. Temporary access permit. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 21, 303.

35.- Ríos, R., Novoa, B., Hernández-Urcera, J., Rodríguez, F., Figueras, A. 2023. Harmful algae diversity from a coastal upwelling system detected by a high trhoughput sequencing. Frontiers in Marine Science 10.

34.- Dentoni, A.M.S., Navarro, G., Rodríguez, F., Garrido, J.L. Hernández-Urcera, J., Caballero, I. 2023. Mapping dinoflagellate blooms (Noctiluca and Alexandrium) in aquaculture production areas in the NW Iberian Peninsula with the Sentinel-2/3 satellites. Science of the Total Environment 868, 161579.

33- Xavier J.C., Golikov A.V., Queirós J.P., Perales-Raya C., Rosas-Luis R., Abreu J., Bello G., Bustamante P., Capaz J.C., Dimkovikj V.H., González A.F., Guímaro H., Guerra-Marrero A., Gomes-Pereira J.N., Hernández-Urcera, J., Kubodera T., Laptikhovsky V., Lefkaditou E., Lishchenko F., Luna A., Liu B., Pierce G.J., Pissarra V., Reveillac E., Romanov E.V., Rosa R., Roscian M., Rose-Mann L., Rouget I., Sánchez P., Sánchez-Márquez A., Seixas S., Souquet L., Varela J., Vidal E.A.G., Cherel Y. 2022. The significance of cephalopod beaks as a research tool: An update. Frontiers in Physiology 13, 1038064.

32.- Barrett, C., Jilali, B., Broadhurst, M., Bustamante, P., Clark, R., Di Cosmo, A., Drerup, C., Escolar, O., Fernández-Álvarez, F., Ganias, K., Hall, K., Hanlon, R., Hernández-Urcera, J., Hua, Q., Lacoue-Labarthe, T., Lewis, J., Lishchenko, F., Maselli, V., Moustahfid, H., Nakajima, R., O'Brien, C., Parkhouse, L., Pengelly, S., Pierce, G., Ramirez, J., Robin, J.P., Sajikumar, G., Smith, C., Villanueva, R., Yen, D. 2022. Cuttlefish conservation: A global review of methods to ameliorate unwanted fishing mortality and other anthropogenic threats to sustainability. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences 79, 2579-2596.

31.- Hernández-Urcera J. and Garci, M.E. 2022. A scuffle at sea. Science 377, 481.

30.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Dias, M., Planas, M. 2022. Turnover rates and diet-tissue discrimination factors of nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in seahorse Hippocampus reidi juveniles following a laboratory diet shift. Animals 12, 1232.


29.- Chanto-García, D.A., Saber, S., Macías, D., Sureda, A., Hernández-Urcera, J., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M. 2022. Species-specific heavy metal bioaccumulation of tunna species: The case of Thunnus alalunga and Katsuwonus pelamis in the Western Mediterranean. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29, 1278-1288.

28.- Domínguez-López, M., Bellas, J., Sánchez-Ruiloba, L., Planas, M., Hernández-Urcera, J. 2022. First evidence of ingestion and retention of microplastics in seahorses (Hippocampus reidi) using copepods (Acartia tonsa) as transfer vectors. Science of the Total Environment 818, 151688.


27.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Murillo, F.J., Regueira, M., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Planas, M. 2021. Preferential syngnathids habitats prediction using species distribution modelling. Marine Environmental Research 172, 105488.

26.- Suarez-Bregua, Pirraco, R.P., Hernández-Urcera, J., Reis, R.L., Rotllant, J. 2021. Impact of dietary phosphorus on turbot bone mineralization. Aquaculture Nutrition 27, 1128-1134.

25.- Planas, M., Piñeiro-Corbeira, C., Bouza, C., Castejón-Silvo, I., Vera, M., Regueira, M., Ochoa, V., Bárbara, I., Chamorro, A., Terrados, J., Barreiro, R., Hernández-Urcera, J., Alejo, I., Nombela, M., Garcia, M.E., Pardo, B.G., Peña, V., Diáz, P., Cremades, J., Morales-Nin, B.  2021. Multidisciplinary appoach to indetify priority areas for the monitoring of a vulnerable family of fishes in Spanish Marine National Parks. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21, 4.

24.- Planas, M., Paltrinieri, A., Dias Carneiro, M.D., Hernández-Urcera, J. 2020. Effects of tissue preservation on carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures in syngnathid fishes and prey. Animals 10(2301).


23.- Planas, M., Chamorro, A., Paltrinieri, A., Campos, S., Jimenez, A., Nedelec, K., Hernández-Urcera, J. 2020. Effect of diet on breeders and inheritance in syngnathids: application of isotopic experimentally derived data to field studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 650, 107-123.

22.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Garci, M.E., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M. 2020. Bipedal locomotion by Octopus vulgaris. Marine Biodiversity, 50 (87).


21.- Garcia de la Serrana, D., Pérez, M., Nande, M., Hernández-Urcera, J., Pérez, E., Coll-Lladó, C., Hollenbeck, C. 2020. Regulation of growth-related genes by nutrition in paralarvae of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Gene 747, 144670.

20.- Carreño Castilla, A.,  Hernández-Urcera, J., Gouraguine, A., Guerra, A., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M.  2020. Predation and feeding Behaviour of the European Squid Loligo vulgaris. Journal of Ethology 38: 311-322.

19.- Ayala, M.D., Hernández-Urcera, J., López-Albors, O., Periago, M.J., Santaella, M., Cal, R. 2020. Influence of  the myotome zone and sex on the muscle cellularity and the texture of diploid and triploid turbot (Scophthalmus maximus).Veterinary Research Forum 11(2), 105-112.

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Suarez-Bregua, P., Pérez-Figueroa, A., Hernández-Urcera, J., Morán, P., Rotllant, J. 2020. Temperature-independent genome-wide DNA methylation profile in turbot post-embryonic development. Journal of Thermal Biology 88, 102483.

17.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Garci, M.E., Gross, S., Buchheim, J., Guerra, A., Scheel, D.  2019. The cannibal attack of the octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in the wild: predator and prey behaviour. Journal of Molluscan Studies 85, 354–357.


16.- Domingues, P., Hernández-Urcera, J., Sánchez, A., Cal, R., Rosas, C., Gallardo, P. 2019. Effect of triploidy on digestive enzymes activity of early stages of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry.

15.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Rial, P., García-Portela, M., Loures, P., Kilcoyne, J., Rodríguez, F., Fernández-Villamarín, A., Reguera, B. 2018. Notes on the cultivation of two Mixotrophic Dinophysis species and their ciliate prey Mesodinium rubrum. Toxins 10(12).


14.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Ayala, M.D., Periago, M.J., Santaella, M., López-Albors, O., Cal, R. 2017. Effect of triploidy on muscle cellularity and flesh quality of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Aquaculture Research.

13.- Guerra, A., Hernández-Urcera, J., Garci, M.E., Regueira, C., Sestelo, M., González, A. 2016. Spawning habitat selection by the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis in the Cíes island archipelago (NW Spain). Fisheries Research.

12.- Ayala, M.D., Hernández-Urcera, J., Santaella, M., Cal, R. 2016. Lasting temperature effects on the muscle tissue, body growth and fillet texture on adults turbot, Scophthalmus maximus L. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.

11.- Ayala, M.D., Martínez, J.M., Hernández-Urcera, J., Cal, R. 2016. Effect of the early temperature on the growth of larvae and postlarval turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, L.: a muscle structural and ultrastructural study. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry.

10.- Garci, M.E., Hernández-Urcera, J., Gil-Coto, M., Fernández-Gago, R., González, A.F., Guerra, A. 2015. From brooding to hatching: new insights from a female Octopus vulgaris in the wild. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

9.- Feyjoo, P., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Calvo-Manazza, M., Morales-Nin, B., Hernández-Urcera, J., Garci, M.E., González, A.F., Guerra, A. 2015. New insights on the external features of egg capsules and embryonic development in the squid Loligo vulgaris. Journal of Natural History.


8.- Guerra, A., Hernández-Urcera, J., Garci, M.E., Sestelo, M., Regueira, M., González, A.F., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Calvo-Manazza, M., Morales-Nin, B. 2015. Spawning habitat selection by Octopus vulgaris: New information for a more suitable management of this resource. Fisheries Research 167, 313-322.

7- Guerra A., Hernández-Urcera J., Garci M.E., Regueira M., González A.F., Sestelo M., Cabanellas-Reboredo M,. Calvo-Manazza M., Morales-Nin B. 2014. Dwellers in dens on sandy bottoms: Ecological and behavioural traits of Octopus vulgaris. Scientia Marina 78(3).

6.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Garci, M.E., Roura, A., González, A.F., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Morales-Nin, B., Guerra, A. 2014. Cannibalistic behaviour of Octopus vulgaris in the wild. Journal of Comparative Psychology 128, 427-430.


5.- Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Calvo-Manazza, M., Palmer, M., Hernández-Urcera, J., Garci, M.E., González, A.F., Guerra, A., Morales-Nin, B. 2014. Using artificial devices for identifying spawning preferences of the European squid: Usefulness and limitations. Fisheries Research 157, 70-77.

4.- Robledo, D., Hernández-Urcera, J., Cal, R., Gómez-Pardo, B., Sánchez, L., Martínez, P., Viñas, A. 2014. Analysis of qPCR reference gene stability determination methods and a practical approach for efficiency calculation on a turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) gonad dataset. BMC Genomics 15, 648.

3.- Ayala, M.D., Cal, R., Hernández-Urcera, J., Blanco, A., López-Albors, O. 2013. Postmortem degradation of the muscle tissue in diploid and triploid turbots (Scophthalmus maximus, L.). Aquaculture International 21, 1077-1090.

2.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Torres, E., Barreiro, J.D., Barrerio-Lois, A., Alonso, J.M., Cal, R., Rotllant, J. 2012. Induction of triploidy in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) does not affect gross body morphology and skeleton characteristics. Aquaculture 338, 309-312.

1.- Hernández-Urcera, J., Vera, M., Magadán, S., Pino-Querido, A., Cal, R., Martínez, P. 2012. Development and validation of a molecular tool for assessing triploidy in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Aquaculture 330, 179-184.

Other scientific publications: 

2014 Hernandez-Urcera, J.  and Guerra, A. La reproducción del pulpo. Investigación y Ciencia. November 2014.

2014 Hernandez-Urcera, J. and Guerra, A. La vida en las grandes profundidades. Dendra Médica. 2014; 13 (1): 34-48.

2013 Guerra, A. Gonzalez, AF, Hernandez-Urcera, J. Architeuthis dux: única especie de calamar gigante en el Mundo. MOL (Scientific Society of Galicia). Number 13, November 2013.

2013 Guerra, A., Garci, ME, Hernández-Urcera, J., Morales-Nin, B., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Calvo-Manazza, M., Palmer, M., Gonzalez, AF. Where are the spawning habitats of the Iberian cephalopods? Magazine Oceano. May 2013.
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