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Rare observation of scar-bearing cuttlebone in a wild-caught Sepia pharaonis (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from southeastern Arabian Sea

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14588/
http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=2555&bkid=124
doi:10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.1.2128-19
 
Title Rare observation of scar-bearing
cuttlebone in a wild-caught Sepia
pharaonis (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae)
from southeastern Arabian Sea
 
Creator Venkatesan, V
Sajikumar, K K
Alloycious, P S
Jestin Joy, K M
Mohamed, K S
 
Subject Cephalopods
Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description A rare observation of the severely fractured cum healing cuttlebone of wild-caught Sepia pharaonis is reported and discussed here. The observation showed that cuttlebone of one specimen was severely affected by scars. Scars were interpreted as oval-shaped teeth marks on the dorsal side having a diameter of 23 mm. Several other teeth marks (3-4 numbers) were also observed at the anterodorsal region. Fracture was completely healed at the dorsal side while fracture (19 mm length) was notable in posteroventral region. Inverted ‘V’shaped blackline was also observed on the posteroventral region. However, scar-bearing cuttlebones was more or less symmetrical with respect to the sagittal plane.
 
Publisher MBAI, Cochin-14
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14588/1/JMBAI_200_Venkatesan%20V_Scar%20bearing%20cuttlebone.pdf
Venkatesan, V and Sajikumar, K K and Alloycious, P S and Jestin Joy, K M and Mohamed, K S (2020) Rare observation of scar-bearing cuttlebone in a wild-caught Sepia pharaonis (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from southeastern Arabian Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 62 (1). pp. 123-126.