Note

Luteuthis dentatus Measurements and Counts

Richard E. Young
NMNZ: M.131564
  General Right Left
Total length 524 -- --
Mantle length 98 -- --
Mantle width 76 -- --
Pallial apperature width 18 -- --
Funnel length 28 -- --
Fin length 85 -- --
Fin width 43 -- --
Eye opening diam. 13 -- --
Arm I, length -- 392 360+
Arm II, length -- 334 385
Arm III, length -- 300 340
Arm IV -- 201 362
Web depth, sect. A 60 -- --
Web depth, sect. B -- -- 60
Web depth, sect. C -- -- 60
Web depth, sect. D -- 40 69
Web depth, sect. E 34 -- --
Arm I, sucker count -- 58+ 48+
Arm II, sucker count -- 54+ 53+
Arm III, sucker count -- 42+ 27+
Arm IV, sucker count -- 45+ 46+
Arm I, max. cirrus length -- 2.0 --
Arm II, max. cirrus length -- 2.1 --
Arm III, max. cirrus length -- 2.0 --
Arm IV, max. cirrus length -- 1.9 --
Arm I, max. suck. diam. -- 5.0 4.1
Arm II, max. suck. diam. -- 4.0 4.1
Arm III, max. suck. diam. -- 4.0 4.1
Arm IV, max. suck. diam. -- 4.0 4.0
Gill lamella no. 7 -- --

Coments

These measurements and counts are from O'Shea, 1999.

References

O'Shea, S. 1999. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112: 280pp.

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