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First Record of the Mimic Octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Arabian Sea: Range Extension and Genotyping

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14674/
https://bioone.org/journals/Malacologia
https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0111
 
Title First Record of the Mimic Octopus Thaumoctopus
mimicus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Arabian
Sea: Range Extension and Genotyping
 
Creator Sajikumar, K K
Jeyabaskaran, R
Binesh, C P
Mohamed, K S
 
Subject New record
Cephalopods
Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description Two specimens of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus were documented for the
first time in the Arabian Sea during September 2018 off southern Kerala, India, from 15 m
depth. The specimens had dorsal mantle lengths (DML) of 44 and 48 mm. Description and
morphological measurements of the specimens are provided. The identity of the specimens
was genetically supported by using cytochrome C oxidase I gene sequencing. This finding
represents the first record of the species in the Arabian Sea, which signifies an extension of
its known geographic distribution range.
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14674/1/Malacologia_2020_Sajikumar%20K%20K_Mimic%20octopus.pdf
Sajikumar, K K and Jeyabaskaran, R and Binesh, C P and Mohamed, K S (2020) First Record of the Mimic Octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Arabian Sea: Range Extension and Genotyping. Malacologia, 63 (1). pp. 115-122.