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Chaunoteuthis Mollis: Re-Examination of a Mediterranean Specimen and its Identity with Onychoteuthis Banksii (Cephalopoda: Onychoteuthidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Giambattista Bello
Giambattista Bello
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Biologia Marina, Molo Pizzoli, 70123 Bari, Italy
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A specimen of Chaunoteuthis mollis (Cephalopoda: Onychoteuthidae), a mature mated female, from the Straits of Messina was examined. Measurements and indices were compared with those of Onychoteuthis banksii reported by previous authors. The differences found were attributed to the degeneration of the C. mollis specimen, due to sexual maturation. Two subocular (one under each eye) and two visceral photophores, similar to those of O. banksii, were present in the C. mollis specimen. The size of the posterior visceral photophore of C. mollis fit the regression line correlating posterior photophore diameter to mantle length in O. banksii. These results corroborate the hypothesis, put forward by other authors, that C. mollis represents the mature female of O. banksii.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , August 1998 , pp. 1027 - 1030
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1998

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