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Galiteuthis glacialis: Description continued

Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003)
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Figure. Armature of G. glacialis. Left - Oral view of largest tentacular hook from a 297 mm ML subadult male. Left middle - Oral view of a tentacular club of a 26 mm ML paralarva. Right middle - Oral view of a tentacular club, 235 mm ML subadult. Right - Oral view of the left half of the brachial crown of a 333 mm ML female subadult. Drawings from McSweeny (1978).

 

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Figure. Left eye of G. glacialis, lateral and ventral views showing crescent-shaped proximal photophore and nearly bar-like distal photophore. Drawings from McSweeny (1978).

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Figure. Sucker rings from G. glacialis, 496 mm, mature female. Top row (left to right) - Rings from sucker numbers 4, 20, 36, and 70 of arm II. Bottom row - Rings from the same suckers of arm IV. Drawings from McSweeny (1978).

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University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003)
Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France

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