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Chiroteuthis picteti Arm Suckers from Different Geographical

Richard E. Young and Clyde F. E. Roper
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Scanning electron migrographs (all suckers with outer horny rings in place): A- Arm IV sucker number 12, central South Pacific, 130 mm ML. B- Arm III, sucker number 10, Japan, 100 mm ML. C- Arm III, sucker number 10, Ambon, Indonesia, 155 mm ML. D. Arm IV, sucker number 10, Ambon, Indonesia, 155 mm ML.

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A-E. Drawings from central South Pacific???? (all suckers with outer horny rings removed), 75 mm ML. A- Arm I. B- Arm II. C- Arm III. D- Arm IV. E- Club sucker for size comparison .(Illustrations by J. R. Schroeder).

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F- Drawing of arm III, sucker 10 from the holotype of Chiroteuthis picteti somaliensis, western Indian Ocean off Somalia, 90 mm ML (from Salcedo-Vargas, 1996).

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