Cephalopod identification keys to Histioteuthidae, Cranchiidae and Octopodiformes of the Azores, with an updated check-list

• Main Authors: Gomes-Pereira, José N., Gonçalves, João M., Clarke, M. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade dos Açores 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic; Azores Archipelago; Cephalopods; Identification Key; Check-list; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3989

This work is a combination of unpublished cephalopod identification keys compiled by Malcolm R. Clarke for the Azores region (Central North Atlantic) and a review of the Octopoda of the Azores by João Gonçalves (MSc Thesis 1993, originally written in Portuguese), updated with recent literature. A regional list of cephalopod species of the Azores is provided totaling 83 species, with identification keys for: i) Histioteuthidae, including five species; ii) Cranchiidae, including eleven species; and iii) Octopodiformes, including Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 (Order Vampyromorpha), three cirrate and fourteen incirrate octopuses. Separate keys are given for Octopodiformes species. The revisions are discussed and a more detailed description of Octopoda species is included. Oma – Observatório do Mar dos Açores MARE – Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente IMAR – Instituto do Mar DOP – Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas Universidade dos Açores info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion