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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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Marine Biological Association of India, Kochi
2017
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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 |
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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