ORNITHOTEUTHINAE NIGMATULLIN, 1979
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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6459339 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A1A8781-FFC4-FFE8-A227-783C95170E8F |
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Plazi |
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ORNITHOTEUTHINAE NIGMATULLIN, 1979 |
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SUBFAMILY ORNITHOTEUTHINAE NIGMATULLIN, 1979 View in CoL
(TWO SPECIES IN ONE GENUS)
Diagnosis: Medium adult-sized Ommastrephidae with ocular photophores and large photophore strip on the ventral midline of viscera (two independent intestinal photophores during paralarval stage); posterior mantle and fins extended into narrow tail; funnel groove with foveola, without lateral pockets; tentacles without carpal locking apparatus; tentacle club with manus horny rings with a homogeneous dentition; four series of suckers on dactylus; lateral suckers of the paralarva proboscis larger in diameter than the central ones; adult female with multiple seminal receptacles in the buccal membrane.
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