Discovery of the fourth species of the enigmatic chiroteuthid squid Asperoteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) and extension of the range of the genus to the South Atlantic
A new species of deepwater squid Asperoteuthis nesisi is described based on a single specimen from the Southwest Atlantic. The new species is characterized by rather thin but muscled mantle and arms, and a wide ovoid funnel-locking apparatus with weak tragus and well-developed antitragus. Peculiar i...
Published in: | Journal of Molluscan Studies |
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Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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Online Access: | http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/74/3/203 https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyn007 |