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Cirroctopus hochbergi Measurements

Cirroctopus hochbergi Description

Steve O'Shea, Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione

Measurements
Sex Female Male? Male Male ?
ML, mm 151 126 89 88 58
MW, mm 132 105 132 91 57
Fin length 158 108 154 81 78
Fin width 47 47 64 32 29
Length, arm I 324 274 290 170 145
Length, arm II 316 279 325 170 148
Length, arm III 314 271 304 162 154
Length, arm IV 300 255 280 147 140
Web depth, sect. A 194 150 120 117 90
Web depth, sect. B 174 160 162 117 87
Web depth, sect. C 157 142 163 95 82
Web depth, sect. D 131 123 100 80 70
Web depth, sect. E 81 67 78 50 48
Sucker counts, arm I 86 78 72 72 77
Sucker counts, arm II 88 77 77 74 77
Sucker counts, arm III 86 78 72 72 73
Sucker counts, arm IV 84 79 73 70 74
Max. arm sucker diam. 5.5-6.0 5.2-6.0 6.0-7.0 3.0-3.1 2.5-3.0
Number, gill lamellae 7 7 7 7 8

Comments

Measurements are from O'Shea (1999). Measurements from right and left sides are averaged and rounded. 

References

O'Shea, Steve. 1999. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112: 280pp.

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