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Rediscovery of Ram’s horn squid, Spirula spirula (Cephalopoda: Spirulidae), from the Arabian Sea

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16005/
http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=2627&bkid=128
doi:10.6024/jmbai.2022.64.1.2282-12
 
Title Rediscovery of Ram’s horn squid, Spirula spirula (Cephalopoda: Spirulidae), from the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Sajikumar, K K
Rajeeshkumar, M P
Laxmilatha, P
Manjebrayakath, Hashim
Venkatesan, V
Saravanane, N
 
Subject Cephalopods
Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description This study describes the rediscovery of the largely uncommon, mesopelagic cephalopod, Spirula spirula, from the Arabian Sea. This is the first confirmed record of the species from the seas around India after 80 years of its original record. Four specimens were collected from the Arabian Sea from a depth of 450 m, during the fishery surveys onboard the FORV Sagar Sampada, using a mid-water trawl net. The dorsal mantle length (DML) of the individuals ranged from 27 to 36 mm. Detailed morphometric measurements and previous distribution records are also provided.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of India, Kochi
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16005/1/Journal%20of%20Marine%20Biological%20Association%20of%20India_2022_Sajikumar%20K%20K.pdf
Sajikumar, K K and Rajeeshkumar, M P and Laxmilatha, P and Manjebrayakath, Hashim and Venkatesan, V and Saravanane, N (2022) Rediscovery of Ram’s horn squid, Spirula spirula (Cephalopoda: Spirulidae), from the Arabian Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 64 (1). pp. 69-73.