BRACHIOTEUTHIDAE PFEFFER, 1908
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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6457138 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A1A8781-FFC6-FFEA-A252-796194BF09C5 |
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Plazi |
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BRACHIOTEUTHIDAE PFEFFER, 1908 |
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FAMILY BRACHIOTEUTHIDAE PFEFFER, 1908 View in CoL B
(SEVEN SPECIES IN TWO GENERA)
Diagnosis: Small adult-sized, weakly muscled Cycloteuthoidea with many series of small irregular suckers on proximal manus and four series of larger suckers on distal manus; terminal pad present, with central space lacking suckers; funnel–mantle locking apparatus straight, reaching the anterior margin of the mantle; digestive gland located far posterior to the cephalic cartilage; gladius with a secondary conus; paralarvae with long retractile neck connected with a fluid-filled chamber inside the mantle.
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