Maculotoxin: a neurotoxin from the venom glands of the octopus Hapalochlaena maculosa identified as tetrodotoxin.
Maculotoxin, a potent neurotoxin isolated from the posterior salivary glands of the blue-ringed octopus. Hapalochlaena maculosa, has now been identified as tetrodotoxin. This is the first reported case in which tetrodotoxin has been found to occur in a venom.
D000818:Animals; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049831:Octopodiformes / Q000032:analysis*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000032:analysis; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D013779:Tetrodotoxin