Redescription of the Flapjack Octopod, Opisthoteuthis bruuni (Cephalopoda: Opisthoteuthidae), from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean and Evolutionary Relationships of Cirrate Octopods

• Published in: Malacologia
• Main Authors: Pardo-Gandarillas, Cecilia, Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, Mariana, Fenwick, Mark, Villanueva, Roger, Ibáñez, Christian Marcelo
• Other Authors: Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (México)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Malacology (Ann Arbor, Michigan) 2021
• Subjects: 16S; Cirrata; Finned octopods; Cephalopods; Morphology; Antarctic; Inach; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/233941; https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0201; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003141

15 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables Cirrate octopods are considered to resemble the ancestor of all octopuses. Cirrates inhabit the deep ocean and are characterized by the presence of fins, a cartilaginous inner shell and a single row of suckers alternating with pairs of cirri thus comprising uniserial su...