Publikationsdatum:
2020-04-28
Beschreibung:
While carrying out a systematic revision of the pelagic squid genus Octopoteuthis, the author examined 146 “larval” specimens of the genus from museum sources worldwide. Individuals could not be separated into species but morphometric and meristic characters were examined giving information on ontogenetic development. Specimens ranged in size from 1.3 to 27.0 mm dorsal mantle length (DML) and represented locations in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and also the Mediterranean Sea. Captures were made with a variety of trawls and plankton nets. The deepest record from a closing net was 1 200 m using a MOCNESS system. The largest group examined totalling 105 individuals was collected in the North Atlantic. In the Atlantic the highest larval occurence was found to be in March, April, and June (which may reflect higher sampling pressure in those months) but specimens were obtained in all months except January and December. Low numbers in each of the other oceans prohibited an evaluation of yearly larval distribution.
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