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Inioteuthis Verrill, 1881

Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione
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Containing group: Sepiolinae

Introduction

Diagnosis

A sepiolin ...

Characteristics

  1. Arms
    1. Arm suckers in two series.
    2. Hectocotylus broad in basal half in region of copulatory apparatus, distal half normal.
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      Figure. Oral views of the brachial crowns of E. maculosa, Philippine waters. Left - Male, 12 mm ML. Right - Female, ca. 12 mm ML.

    3. Arms III unusually strong and robust, especially in males; often curled inward in preservation when other arms are not (see title illustration).

  2. Tentacles
    1. Tentacular club with suckers in 8-16 series.

  3. Photophores.
    1. Photophores absent.

  4. Gladius
    1. Gladius absent.

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific from Japan to southern Africa (Nesis, 1982/87).

References

Nesis, K. N. 1982/87. Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 385+ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.). Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp.

Voss, G. L. 1963. Cephalopoda of the Philippine Islands. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 234: 1-180.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Inioteuthis japonica
Location Japanese waters
Reference Sasaki, M. 1929. A Monograph of the Dibranchiate Cephalopods of the Japanese and Adjacent Waters. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, 20(supplement):357 pages.
Sex Male
View Dorsal and ventral
Size 20 mm ML
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA


National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. , USA

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