Echinoteuthis_atlantica

<i>Echinoteuthis atlantica</i>

Echinoteuthis atlantica

Species of mollusc

Echinoteuthis atlantica is a species of whip-lash squid from the family Mastigoteuthidae. It occurs in the eastern North and South Atlantic Ocean.[2] This squid is red in colour and similar to Echinoteuthis famelica of the Pacific but differs in having a well developed protective membrane on the tentacular club which is absent on E. famelica. The presence on this membrane on Echinoteuthis glaukopis from the Indian Ocean suggests that this may be a synonym of E. atlantica, in which case glaukopis has priority.[3]

  • Oral and lateral views of arm suckers
  • Oral and lateral views of club suckers
  • Eyelid photophore

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References

  1. [1]
    Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. p. 253. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.
  3. [3]
    Michael Vecchione; Richard E. Young (2014). "Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933)". Tree of Life Project. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  • Joubin, L. 1933. Notes préliminaires sur les Céphalopodes des croisières du Dana (1921-1922). 4e Partie. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique 13: 1-49.
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