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Opisithoteuthis agassizii: Measurements and Counts

Roger Villanueva, Richard E. Young, and Michael Vecchione
Minimum - Mean - Maximum
Sex Male (15 animals) mature Male (9) maturing+immat. Female (8) mature Female (12) maturing+immat.
Mantle length, mm 32 - 44 - 55 12 - 27 - 38 23 - 34 - 40 15 - 25 - 35
Total length, mm 117 - 162 - 186 46 - 91 - 141 125 - 142 - 154 68 - 101 - 138
Mantle width, % of ML 111 110 - -
Head width, % of ML 117 - 145 - 173 116 - 140 - 162 138 - 154 - 174 94 - 142 - 188
Max. cirrus length, % of head width 3.8 - 5.8 - 9.1 3.3 - 5.5 - 7.9 4.5 - 5.8 - 7.5 3.0 - 5.9 - 7.0
Fin length, % of head width 44 - 60 - 75 35 - 46 - 60 58 - 60 - 64 35 - 51 - 71
Fin width, % of fin length 33 - 45 - 57 34 - 50 - 58 25 - 42 - 50 34 - 53 - 64
Fin span, % of total length 60 - 66 - 72 49 - 60 - 70 46 - 56 - 66 49 - 64 - 89
Eye diameter, % of ML 43 - 62 - 74 45 - 60 - 71 58 - 75 - 100 55 - 67 - 79
Terminal organ (penis) length, % of ML 5.7 - 9.0 - 13.0 8.0 - 13.2 - 18.3    
Gill lamellae, number 6 - 7.0 - 8 6 - 6.7 - 7 7 7 - 7.1 - 8
Arm I, length, % of ML 234 - 319 - 370 286 - 308 - 320 263 - 329 - 487 194 - 302 - 421
Arm II, length, % of ML 239 - 316 - 369 271 - 288 - 304 278 - 327 - 457 194 - 307 - 432
Arm III, length, % of ML 239 - 317 - 371 291 - 299 - 308 287 - 330 - 439 203 - 320 - 479
Arm IV, length, % of ML 246 - 304 - 354 267 - 283 - 308 288 - 332 - 430 206 - 316 - 479
Arm I, width, % of ML 19 - 25 - 34      
Arm II, width, % of ML 19 - 24 - 31      
Arm III, width, % of ML 18 - 23 - 31      
Arm IV, width, % of ML 19 - 23 - 31      
Max. sucker diam, Arm I, prox., % of ML 8.6 - 10.0 - 12.6 6.4 - 8.1 - 10.8 4.5 - 5.4 - 6.5 5.9 - 6.6 - 7.4
Max. sucker diam, Arm II, prox., % of ML 8.5 - 10.1 - 12.3 6.4 - 8.4 - 10.8 5.0 - 5.6 - 6.5 5.6 - 6.6 - 7.4
Max. sucker diam, Arm III, prox., % of ML 8.4 - 10.3 - 12.3 6.4 - 9.7 - 14.2 3.9 - 4.9 - 5.5 5.0 - 6.1 - 7.4
Max. sucker diam, Arm IV, prox., % of ML 9.4 - 10.5 - 12.3 8.9 - 9.7 - 10.4 4.5 - 5.0 - 5.5 5.4 - 6.1 - 6.8
Max. sucker diam, Arm I, dist., % of ML 5.8 - 7.4 - 8.9 5.6 - 5.8 - 5.9 - -
Max. sucker diam, Arm II, dist., % of ML 5.8 - 8.1 - 10.4 6.3 - -
Max. sucker diam, Arm III, dist., % of ML 5.6 - 9.1 - 10.3 5.6 - 5.9 - 6.3 - -
Max. sucker diam, Arm IV, dist., % of ML 5.6 - 9.2 - 10.8 6.0 - 6.4 - 6.9 3.8 - 4.3 - 4.8 -
Sucker count, arm I 64 - 67.4 - 71 43 - 57.5 - 66 59 - 66.2 - 71 57 - 68.3 - 77
Sucker count, arm II 56 - 67.1 - 75 56 - 63.3 - 69 65 - 69.5 - 76 56 - 65.3 - 77
Sucker count, arm III 58 - 66.5 - 77 64 - 66.5 - 69 65 - 71.8 - 77 57 - 68.6 - 78
Sucker count, arm IV 63 - 69.8 - 78 60 - 64.5 - 69 66 - 70.8 - 78 58 - 68.9 - 80

Comments

These measurements and counts are from Villanueva, et al., 2002. Many of the figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

References

Villanueva, R., Collins, M., Sanchez, P. and N. Voss. 2002. Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 71(2):933-985.

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Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain


University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA


National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. , USA

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