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Luteuthis dentatus Measurements and Counts
Richard E. Young
NMNZ: M.131564
| |
General |
Right |
Left |
| Total length |
524 |
-- |
-- |
| Mantle length |
98 |
-- |
-- |
| Mantle width |
76 |
-- |
-- |
| Pallial apperature width |
18 |
-- |
-- |
| Funnel length |
28 |
-- |
-- |
| Fin length |
85 |
-- |
-- |
| Fin width |
43 |
-- |
-- |
| Eye opening diam. |
13 |
-- |
-- |
| Arm I, length |
-- |
392 |
360+ |
| Arm II, length |
-- |
334 |
385 |
| Arm III, length |
-- |
300 |
340 |
| Arm IV |
-- |
201 |
362 |
| Web depth, sect. A |
60 |
-- |
-- |
| Web depth, sect. B |
-- |
-- |
60 |
| Web depth, sect. C |
-- |
-- |
60 |
| Web depth, sect. D |
-- |
40 |
69 |
| Web depth, sect. E |
34 |
-- |
-- |
| Arm I, sucker count |
-- |
58+ |
48+ |
| Arm II, sucker count |
-- |
54+ |
53+ |
| Arm III, sucker count |
-- |
42+ |
27+ |
| Arm IV, sucker count |
-- |
45+ |
46+ |
| Arm I, max. cirrus length |
-- |
2.0 |
-- |
| Arm II, max. cirrus length |
-- |
2.1 |
-- |
| Arm III, max. cirrus length |
-- |
2.0 |
-- |
| Arm IV, max. cirrus length |
-- |
1.9 |
-- |
| Arm I, max. suck. diam. |
-- |
5.0 |
4.1 |
| Arm II, max. suck. diam. |
-- |
4.0 |
4.1 |
| Arm III, max. suck. diam. |
-- |
4.0 |
4.1 |
| Arm IV, max. suck. diam. |
-- |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| Gill lamella no. |
7 |
-- |
-- |
Coments
These measurements and counts are from O'Shea, 1999.
References
O'Shea, S. 1999. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112: 280pp.
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