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Chtenopteryx canariensis Salcedo-Vargas and Guerrero-Kommritz 2000

Dark combfin squid

Mario Alejandro Salcedo-Vargas and Richard E. Young
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Containing group: Chtenopterygidae

Introduction

This species differs from all other members of the genus in the lack of photophores on both the eyes and viscera. It is known from four squid taken from the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Diagnosis

A Ctenopteryx ...

Characteristics

  1. Tentacles
    1. Club with six suckers in transverse row at proximal end, 16-20 suckers at mid-club, then decreasing number of suckers toward tip.
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    Figure. Oral view of the tentacular club of Chtenopteryx canariensis, holotype. Drawing from Salcedo-Vargas and Guerrero-Kommritz, 2000. Scale bar is 10 mm.

  2. Photophores
    1. Photophore absent from viscera.
    2. Photophores absent from eyes.
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      Figure. Ventral view of the mantle cavity of C. canarensis holotype. Note the absence of a visceral photophore. A - Funnel locking apparatus. B - Ink sac. C - Nephridiopore. D - Spermatophore sac (= Needham's sac). E - Gill. Drawing from Salcedo-Vargas and Guerrero-Kommritz (2000).

Comments

More details of the description can be found here.

Distribution

The type locality is 26°20'N, 19°21'W, Eastern Atlantic just south of the Canary Islands. Other localities: 12°16'N, 23°05'W, 0°20'N, 25°20'W. All specimens were caught in nets that fished to 1000 m.

Other Names for Chtenopteryx canariensis Salcedo-Vargas and Guerrero-Kommritz 2000

References

Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. and J. Guerrero-Kommritz. 2000. Three new cephalopods from the Atlantic Ocean. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 97: 31-44.

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Scientific Name Chtenopteryx canariensis
Reference Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. and J. Guerrero-Kommritz. 2000. Three new cephalopods from the Atlantic Ocean. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 97:31-44.
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage mature
Size 63 mm ML
Type holotype
Copyright © 2000 M.A. Salcedo-Vargas and J. Guerrero-Kommritz
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