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Chiroteuthis mega : Scanning electron micrographs of arm suckers

Richard E. Young and Clyde F. E. Roper
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Figure. Oral views of arm suckers of C. mega. A, B - Suckers from the holotype of C. atlanticus (= C. mega), western North Atlantic, 91 mm ML. A - Arm III sucker 12. B - Arm IV sucker 7. Break in picture indicates slight change in magnification during SEM scan. C- Arm III, sucker 11 from the holotype of C. mega, western Atlantic, S.W. Bahamas, 170 mm ML. D- Arm III, sucker 14, equatorial Atlantic, 80 mm. Photographs by R. Young.


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Figure. Oral and oblique views of arm suckers of C. mega. E, F - Suckers taken from a squid captured off California, ca. 190 mm ML. E - Arm III, sucker 13. F - Arm IV, sucker 7. G - Sucker taken from a squid captured off New Zealand, ca. 80 mm ML, arm III, sucker 12. H - Sucker from the holotype of C. capensis (= C. mega), South Africa, eastern South Atlantic, 100 mm ML, arm III, sucker 10. Photographs by R. Young.

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