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First record of Asperoteuthis acanthoderma (Lu, 1977) (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida: Chiroteuthidae), from the Arabian Sea

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https://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0915.php?rp=P454524
 
Title First record of Asperoteuthis acanthoderma (Lu, 1977) (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida: Chiroteuthidae), from the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Joseph, Rithin
Raj, Daniel F
Fernandez, Jose T
Sajikumar, K K
Renju, Ravi
Prajith, K K
Remesan, P P
 
Subject New record
Cephalopods
 
Description The deep sea squid Asperoteuthis acanthoderma (family: Chiroteuthidae) is reported here for the first time from the Arabian Sea of the India. A single specimen was collected while conducting a trial fishing with 49.5m Cosmos mid water trawl onboard FORV Sagar Sampada between latitude 11o 47.767’N and longitude 73o 39.065’E at a depth range of 350 to 400 m during the month of October 2013. The morphometric measurements of the specimen are described and are compared with the same species reported from the North Atlantic Ocean. The female specimen measured 788 mm in standard length, 22.50 mm in mantle length, 89.26 mm fin length and weighed 85.38 gm.
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16178/1/International%20Journal%20of%20Scientific%20and%20Research%20Publications_2015_Saji%20Kumar%20K%20K.pdf
Joseph, Rithin and Raj, Daniel F and Fernandez, Jose T and Sajikumar, K K and Renju, Ravi and Prajith, K K and Remesan, P P (2015) First record of Asperoteuthis acanthoderma (Lu, 1977) (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida: Chiroteuthidae), from the Arabian Sea. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 5 (9). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2250-3153