New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean
International audience Only one specimen of Architeuthis dux was previously reported from the southern Indian Ocean. The present work adds ten new records of giant squid in the area. Two remains of fresh specimens have been collected from La Re¤ union Island (218S) and Amsterdam Island (388S) in tro...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00189568v1 2024-02-27T08:32:50+00:00 New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean Cherel, Yves Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2003 https://hal.science/hal-00189568 en eng HAL CCSD hal-00189568 https://hal.science/hal-00189568 marine biological assosciation of the United Kingdom https://hal.science/hal-00189568 marine biological assosciation of the United Kingdom, 2003, 83, pp.1295-1296 [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2003 ftccsdartic 2024-01-28T03:17:18Z International audience Only one specimen of Architeuthis dux was previously reported from the southern Indian Ocean. The present work adds ten new records of giant squid in the area. Two remains of fresh specimens have been collected from La Re¤ union Island (218S) and Amsterdam Island (388S) in tropical and subtropical waters, respectively. Eight other squid were identi¢ed from beaks found in stomach contents of sleeper sharks caught in Kerguelen waters (47 to 488S) located in the southern Polar Frontal Zone. These new data together with published and unpublished information on the food of seabirds and marine mammals indicate that giant squid have a wide distribution throughout the southern Indian Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amsterdam Island Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Kerguelen Indian Union Island ENVELOPE(-111.935,-111.935,61.934,61.934) |
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International audience Only one specimen of Architeuthis dux was previously reported from the southern Indian Ocean. The present work adds ten new records of giant squid in the area. Two remains of fresh specimens have been collected from La Re¤ union Island (218S) and Amsterdam Island (388S) in tropical and subtropical waters, respectively. Eight other squid were identi¢ed from beaks found in stomach contents of sleeper sharks caught in Kerguelen waters (47 to 488S) located in the southern Polar Frontal Zone. These new data together with published and unpublished information on the food of seabirds and marine mammals indicate that giant squid have a wide distribution throughout the southern Indian Ocean. |
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New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean |
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New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean |
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New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean |
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New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean |
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New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean |
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new records of the giant squid architeuthis dux in the southern indian ocean |
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marine biological assosciation of the United Kingdom https://hal.science/hal-00189568 marine biological assosciation of the United Kingdom, 2003, 83, pp.1295-1296 |
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