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Teuthowenia pellucida: Description continued

Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003)
  1. Tentacle
    1. Tentacular club with poorly defined carpal cluster.
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      Figure. Oral view of the tentacular club of T. pellucida. Drawing from Voss, 1985, pp. 43 and 44.

  2. Arms
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      Figure. Oral view of the brachial and buccal crowns of T. pellucida from a subadult female, 140 mm GL. Drawings are from Voss, 1985, pp. 43 and 44

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      Figure. Oral view of arm suckers of T. pellucida. A- Sucker from end of arm III (pair 19), subadult female, 140 mm ML. B- Next to last sucker (pair 12) proximal to modified tip of mature male, 201 mm ML. C- Largest sucker from arm III (pair 12), subadult female, 140 mm ML.Drawings are from Voss, 1985, pp. 43 and 44

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      Figure. Side and oral views of arm base suckers of a mature male of T. pellucida. The basal suckers of all arms of mature males have swollen, fleshy collars and rings with reduced apertures. To the right are two views of the arm base suckers (pair 2, arm II) of a mature male, 201 mm ML.Drawings are from Voss, 1985, pp. 43 and 44

  3. Head
    1. Eyeball with three photophores.
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      Figure. Ventral and lateral views of the eyes showing ocular photophores of T. pellucida. Drawings are from Voss, 1985, pp. 43 and 44

  4. Funnel
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      Figure. View of the funnel organ of T. pellucida, 201 mm ML, female. Drawings are from Voss, 1985, pp. 43 and 44

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Drawings from Voss (1985) printed with the Permission of the Bulletin of Marine Science.


University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003)
Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France

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