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Grimpoteuthis bathynectes: Measurements and Counts

Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione
Sex Male Male Male Male female female female female
Mantle length 46.5 48 50 53 29 31 57 85
Mantle width 34 30 36 38 16 18 32 67
Head width 42 44 41 51 24 19 39 59
Arm I, length 116 141 132 135 72 65 124 143
Arm II, length 112 147 124 131 78 72 104 150
Arm III, length 116 146 115 125 73 60 101 143
Arm IV, length 100 137 106 119 67 56 99 141
Total length 156 195 170 190 95 110 185 240
fin length 39 41 42 43 26 28 33 39
Fin width 19 20 21 22 10 14 21 24
Max. sucker diameter 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 1.0 1.0 1.5 3.0
Max. cirrus length 2.0 2.5 2.2 3.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.0
gill lamellae (total) 7 7 9 9 7 7 8 7
Arm I, sucker count 53 52 57 50 51 51 58 58

Comments

These measurements and counts are taken from Voss and Pearcy, 1990.

References

Voss, G. L. and W. G. Pearcy. 1990. Deep-water octopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) of the Northeastern Pacific. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 47: 47-94.

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