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Batoteuthis scolops: Description continued
Richard E. Young and Clyde F. E. Roper
- Arms
- Arm suckers with about 8-10 sharply pointed teeth on distal margins of inner rings
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Figure. Oral view of arm suckers of a subadult (holotype) B. scolops, 51 mm ML, Antarctic waters, showing intact sucker and inner horny ring. A- Arm I. B- Arm II. C- Arm III. D- Arm IV. Drawings from Young and Roper, 1968.
- Tentacles
- Club about 80% of length of tentacle.
- Club exhibits characteristics of the chiroteuthid families:
- Keel absent.
- terminal pad absent.
- club not expanded.
- Club straight.
- Club suckers in six regular series.
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Figure. Drawings of oral and aboral views of the tentacular club of a subadult B. scolops (holotype), 51 mm ML, Antarctic waters. Clubs of larger squid are unknown. Drawings from Young and Roper, 1968.
- Suckers
- Club sucker ring bears approximately six small, conical, widely-spaced teetn on the distal margin.
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Figure. Oral view of club sucker (left) and its inner horny ring (middle) and a lateral club-sucker, stalk and associated trabecula (right) of B. scolops (holotype). Drawings from Young and Roper, 1968.
References
Young, R. E. and C. F. E. Roper. 1968. The Batoteuthidae, a new family of squid (Cephalopoda; Oegopsida) from Antarctic waters. Antarctic Res. Ser. 2: 185-202.
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