| Cepheidae () |
| 20 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic; marine |
| Northern Pacific. |
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20 cm in diameter; about 8 irregularly spaced, bluntly pointed velar lappets in each octant, with deep furrows between them; the 8 mouth arms with window-like openings in the lateral membranes; proximal portion of arms one-fourth of the length of distal portion; center of armdisk with numerous slender filaments; appendages on outer parts of arms not very numerous; the 8 rhopalar canals twice as wie as the inter-rhopalar canals, of which there are 16 to 17 in each octant. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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