A large cranchild squid (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea) caught in the Mediterranean Sea
The occurrence of a very large cranchiid squid captured alive in the Ligurian Sea (western Mediterranean Sea) is documented by a colour photograph. The squid had an estimated tortal length of 170 cm and belongs to the subfamily Taoniinae (Teuthoidea: Cranchiidae), either to the genus Megalocranchia...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Unione Malacologica Italiana
1998
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52989/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52989/1/3725.pdf |
| Summary: | The occurrence of a very large cranchiid squid captured alive in the Ligurian Sea (western Mediterranean Sea) is documented by a colour photograph. The squid had an estimated tortal length of 170 cm and belongs to the subfamily Taoniinae (Teuthoidea: Cranchiidae), either to the genus Megalocranchia or Galiteuthis. This is the largest cranchiid ever reported from the North Atlantic-Mediterranean area. |
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