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| A- Aboral view of club-tip photophore. Note large terminal papilla
and discontinuity (light band) down center of photophore. B- Club
sucker and stalk. Note division of stalk and stalk pleating. C-
Oral view of club-tip photophore and distal club suckers. D- Oral
view of tentacular club. Note three-part division of protective
membranes. Drawings from ......... mm ML , sex ....., locality.........
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| Left is a photograph of part of the proximal and middle portions
of the club and on the right is a closer view of the proximal portion.
In the later note the pleated skirt on the sucker stalk. Both pictures
are from a preserved squid captured off Hawaii. |
Illustrations by J. R. Schroeder, photographs by R. E. Young.
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Chiroteuthis spoeli Tentacular Club
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