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Presence of the Wondrous Jewel Squid Histioteuthis miranda (Cephalopoda: Histioteuthidae) in the Eastern Arabian Sea and Determination of its Age from Statoliths

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12665/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41208-018-0076-z
DOI 10.1007/s41208-018-0076-z
 
Title Presence of the Wondrous Jewel Squid Histioteuthis miranda
(Cephalopoda: Histioteuthidae) in the Eastern Arabian Sea
and Determination of its Age from Statoliths
 
Creator Sajikumar, K K
Venkatesan, V
Binesh, C P
Mohan, Gishnu
Sanil, N K
Kripa, V
Mohamed, K S
 
Subject age and growth
Cephalopods
 
Description Experimental trawl survey cruises covering twelve stations around Lakshadweep archipelago, in southeastern Arabian Sea,
caught eleven individuals of the uncommon squid, Histioteuthis miranda. This is the first record from waters around India.
These specimens were caught in midwater trawl net operated from research vessel BFV Silver Pompano^ at a depth of 200 m
during night. Detailed morphometric and meristic measurements and molecular taxonomic studies confirmed the species identity.
Assuming daily deposition of statolith rings, analysis of increments revealed that the species had slow growth reaching 24 mm
dorsal mantle length (DML) at the age of 83 days with an average daily growth rate of 0.28 mm DML/day. A juvenile specimen
with 13 mm DML had 68 increments with growth rate of 0.19 mm DML/day. Aberrant microstructure (additional nucleus and
rings) were found in the statolith of a 24 mm DML specimen.
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12665/1/Sajikumar_2018_Thalassas_Presence%20of%20the%20Wondrous%20Jewel%20Squid%20Histioteuthis%20miranda.pdf
Sajikumar, K K and Venkatesan, V and Binesh, C P and Mohan, Gishnu and Sanil, N K and Kripa, V and Mohamed, K S (2018) Presence of the Wondrous Jewel Squid Histioteuthis miranda (Cephalopoda: Histioteuthidae) in the Eastern Arabian Sea and Determination of its Age from Statoliths. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0212-5919