Enoploteuthidae (enope squids) |
3 cm ML (male/unsexed) |
pelagic; marine |
Western Pacific. |
Males smaller (17-22 mm ML) than females (17-30 mm ML). A spermatophore from 20 mm ML male had a total length of 5.2 mm; with 2.2 mm sperm reservoir, 0.9 mm cement gland and 2.1 mm spiral filament. Cement gland simple, without color; spiral filament plain, with 2 or 3 coils at oral end. Adult females have dark pigmented seminal vesicles under collar muscle on each side of nuchal cartilage. Eggs spherical to oval, about 1.0 mm in diameter. |
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(LC); Date assessed: 03 May 2010 Ref. 123251)
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