BRACHIOTEUTHIDAE PFEFFER, 1908

Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Á, Taite, Morag, Vecchione, Michael, Villanueva, Roger & Allcock, A Louise, 2022, A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (4), pp. 1212-1235 : 1227

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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069

DOI

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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scientific name

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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