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Measurements in mm
Mantle Length |
78 |
Eyes to web edge, sector A |
140 |
Head width |
80 |
Mantle width
|
58
|
Fin length
|
75
|
fin width
|
54
|
Arm I, length
|
200
|
Arm II, length
|
195
|
Arm III, length
|
185
|
Arm IV, length
|
175
|
Web sector A, depth
|
148
|
Web sector B, depth
|
136
|
Web sector C, depth
|
116
|
Web sector D, depth
|
92
|
Web sector E, depth
|
66
|
Arm I, sucker counts
|
-/72
|
Arm II, sucker counts
|
72-69
|
Arm III, sucker counts
|
69/69
|
Arm IV, sucker counts
|
70/67
|
Comments
Measurements are of the holotype. Sucker counts are from O'Shea (1999).
Other counts are from Robson (1930).
References
O'Shea, Steve. 1999. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand:
Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112: 280pp.
Robson, G. C. (1930). Cephalopoda, I. Octopoda.
Discovery Report, 2:371-401.
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Measurements of Cirroctopus glacialis
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