Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa

Big specimens of Asperoteuthis acanthoderma and Megalocranchia sp. that were all landed at Okinawa area were investigated. Three specimens of A. acanthoderma (all fe- males) were measured 450-780 mm ML. Various characters exhibit those of a full grown stages than the type specimens which were 144.5...

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Main Authors: Tsuchiya, Kotaro, Okutani, Takashi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Malacological Society of Japan 1993
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37686/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37686/1/2526.pdf
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spelling ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:37686 2023-05-15T13:40:53+02:00 Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa Tsuchiya, Kotaro Okutani, Takashi 1993 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37686/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37686/1/2526.pdf en eng Malacological Society of Japan https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37686/1/2526.pdf Tsuchiya, K. and Okutani, T. (1993) Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa. Venus, the Japanese Journal of Malacology, 52 (4). pp. 299-311. info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Article PeerReviewed 1993 ftoceanrep 2023-04-07T15:32:48Z Big specimens of Asperoteuthis acanthoderma and Megalocranchia sp. that were all landed at Okinawa area were investigated. Three specimens of A. acanthoderma (all fe- males) were measured 450-780 mm ML. Various characters exhibit those of a full grown stages than the type specimens which were 144.5 and 188 mm. Two specimens (also females) of Megalocranchia sp. were 1420+ and 1838 mm, respectively. This may be the largest record of the Cranchiidae except for the Antarctic Mesonychoteuthis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Antarctic The Antarctic
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description Big specimens of Asperoteuthis acanthoderma and Megalocranchia sp. that were all landed at Okinawa area were investigated. Three specimens of A. acanthoderma (all fe- males) were measured 450-780 mm ML. Various characters exhibit those of a full grown stages than the type specimens which were 144.5 and 188 mm. Two specimens (also females) of Megalocranchia sp. were 1420+ and 1838 mm, respectively. This may be the largest record of the Cranchiidae except for the Antarctic Mesonychoteuthis.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Tsuchiya, Kotaro
Okutani, Takashi
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Okutani, Takashi
Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa
author_facet Tsuchiya, Kotaro
Okutani, Takashi
author_sort Tsuchiya, Kotaro
title Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa
title_short Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa
title_full Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa
title_fullStr Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa
title_full_unstemmed Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa
title_sort rare and interesting squids in japan - recent occurrences of big squids from okinawa
publisher Malacological Society of Japan
publishDate 1993
url https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37686/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37686/1/2526.pdf
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Tsuchiya, K. and Okutani, T. (1993) Rare and interesting squids in Japan - Recent occurrences of big squids from Okinawa. Venus, the Japanese Journal of Malacology, 52 (4). pp. 299-311.
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