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First record of the glass octopus Vitreledonella richardi (Cephalopoda: Vitreledonellidae) from the Arabian Sea

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10924/
https://mbr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41200-016-0041-6
DOI 10.1186/s41200-016-0041-6
 
Title First record of the glass octopus
Vitreledonella richardi (Cephalopoda:
Vitreledonellidae) from the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Sajikumar, K K
Venkatesan, V
Jeyabaskaran, R
Mohammed, Abbas A
Mohamed, K S
 
Subject New record
Cephalopods
 
Description Background: Arabian Sea considered as one of the richest region of oceanic cephalopods. On conflicting information
related to species diversity is still scare.
Result: This work presents the first report of a paralarvae of glass octopus Vitreledonella richardi from the Arabian Sea.
A single specimen was collected during dusk by Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl net on 28 February 2015. (Horizon of
150 m at 09° 52′ 30″ N; 73° 37′ 22″ E, bottom depth: 2005 m). A description of the specimen is provided.
Conclusion: Record of this rare squid, from Arabian Sea is an addition to the cephalopod fauna of India.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom
 
Date 2016
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10924/1/Glass%20octopus2016.pdf
Sajikumar, K K and Venkatesan, V and Jeyabaskaran, R and Mohammed, Abbas A and Mohamed, K S (2016) First record of the glass octopus Vitreledonella richardi (Cephalopoda: Vitreledonellidae) from the Arabian Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9 (53). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1755-2672