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Opisthoteuthis borealis: a new species of cirrate octopod from Greenland waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2005

Martin A. Collins
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK, E-mail: macol@bas.ac.uk

Abstract

A new species of cirrate octopod, Opisthoteuthis borealis sp. nov. is described from specimens caught at depths of 957–1321 m off the coast of Greenland. Opisthoteuthis borealis sp. nov. is the most northerly of the Atlantic species of the genus and can be distinguished from the other species by the form of the digestive gland and the arrangement of enlarged suckers on the arms of mature males.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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