Note

Grimpoteuthis tuftsi: Measurements and Counts

Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione
Sex Male Male Male Male Holotype Female Female Female
Mantle length 72 93 100 101 65 74 102
Mantle width 49 85 69 63 50 52 64
Head width 60 101 98 73 60 67 78
Arm I, length 289 309 322 312 207 224 285
Arm II, length 275 288 320 295 186 222 238
Arm III, length 260 270 283 258 170 210 250
Arm IV, length 217 261 261 239 - 208 253
Total length 346 457 475 460 285 322 460
Fin length 65 90 95 85 59 60 81
Fin width 30 38 40 31 27 29 35
Sucker diameter 3.8 4.0 4.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0
Cirrus length 6.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 6.0 5.0
Gill lamellae 8 8 8 7 8 8 7
Arm I suckers 71 67 73 63+ 69 74 75
Arm formula I.II.III.IV I.II.III.IV I.II.III.IV I.II.III.IV I.II.III.IV I.II.III.IV I.IV.III.II

Comments

These measurements and counts are from Voss and Pearcy (1990).

References

Voss, G. L. and W. G. Pearcy. 1990. Deep-water octopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) of the Northeastern Pacific. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 47: 47-94.

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