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Stauroteuthis gilchristi Measurements

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Martin A. Collins, Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione

Measurements
Specimen Male
Holotype
BMNH
Male
BMNH
Male
NMSZ
1999058.001
Male
NMSZ
1999058.002
Male
USNM
893772
Male
BMNH
20000077
Female
NMSZ
1999058.003
Female
NMSZ
1999058.005
Female
BMNH
20000078
Location So. Africa So. Africa So. Georgia So. Georgia So. Georgia So. Georgia So. Georgia So. Georgia So. Georgia
Wt. (fresh), g - - 1200 820 736 940 240 240 241
TL (fresh) - - 600 540 490 540 430 390 340
TL (fixed) 165 127 364 361 441 418 311 273 319
ML - 25 65 60 70 65 43 40 43
MW 31 18 46 44 58 62 29 30 35
Head W. - 22.5 72 65 81 84 45 39 40
Eye diam. 9 7 26 25 30 28 12 11 11
Fin W. 18 16 55 45 60 60 35 35 38
Gill lam. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Funnel L. - 9 - - 27 34.5 25 18 -
Arm L. 100-115 - 295-310 270-295 370-400 340-380 210-250 215-225 220-260
Sucker counts 63 60 60-63 58-62 60-65 60-61 58-65 58-62 57-62
Max. suc. diam. (sucker no.) 2.2 (6-10) 2.1 (8-10) 7.9 (7-11) 8 (6-11) 9 (7-12) 8 (7-12) 3.9 (7-12) 4.8 (7-12) 4.4 (7-12)
Max. cirrus L. 18 14 36 32 40 35 25 27 25
Cirrus start 1-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
Cirri end, AI 23-24 21-23 20-22 - 18-23 20-23 20-22 22-24 20-23
Web depth - - 130-150 150-180 140-180 120-140 - 95-110 -
Maturity - - Mature Mature Maturing Maturing Maturing Maturing Maturing

All table measurements are in mm. Diam. - diameter; L - Length; lam - lamella; Max. - maximum; MW - mantle width; TL - total length; Wt. - weight. The table, slightly modified in form, is from: Collins, M. A. and C. Henriques. 2000. A revision of the family Stauroteuthidae (Octopoda: Cirrata) with redescriptions of Stauroteuthis syrtensis and S. gilchristi. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 80: 685-697.

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