Rare occurrence of Reinhardt’s cranch squid Liocranchia reinhardti (Cephalopod: Cranchiidae) from southeastern Arabian Sea

Single individual of the rare cranchiid squid Liocranchia reinhardti belonging to the Cranchiidae family was caught in a bottom trawl operated at 80 m in southeastern Arabian Sea. The morphometric measurements and indices of the specimen are provided. Statolith microstructure analysis revealed that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sajikumar, K K, Venkatesan, V, Vidya, R, Alloycious, P S, Jestin Joy, K M, Mohamed, K S
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Marine Biological Association of India, Kochi 2017
Subjects:
Rare occurrence
Cephalopods
DML
Online Access:http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12809/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12809/1/JMBAI_2017_59_2_Sajikumar%20K%20K_Liocranchia%20reinhardti.pdf
http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=2454&bkid=118
https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2017.59.2.1988-15
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Summary:Single individual of the rare cranchiid squid Liocranchia reinhardti belonging to the Cranchiidae family was caught in a bottom trawl operated at 80 m in southeastern Arabian Sea. The morphometric measurements and indices of the specimen are provided. Statolith microstructure analysis revealed that the L. reinhardti with 118 mm dorsal mantle length (DML) had an age of 71 days with growth rate of 1.66 mm DML/day.

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