A new species of Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 (Cephalopoda : Octopodidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean

Ibanez, CM; Sepulveda, RD; Chong J.

Abstract

A new species of the genus Benthoctopus is described and illustrated based on 14 specimens collected from the coast of Central Chile and the Juan Fernández Archipelago, at depths between 436 and 1000 m. This medium sized species (total length between 425 and 770 mm) has no ink sac and presents the following attributes: small biserial suckers; large eyes (diameter between 11 and 23 mm); the first pair of arms longer than the other arms; 63 to 75 suckers in the hectocotylized arm; eight to nine lamellae per demibranch and a W-shaped funnel organ. This new species, which we call Benthoctopus longibrachus, is compared to other species in the genus.

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Título según WOS: A new species of Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 (Cephalopoda : Octopodidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean
Título según SCOPUS: A new species of Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean
Título de la Revista: PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
Volumen: 119
Número: 3
Editorial: Biological Society of Washington
Fecha de publicación: 2006
Página de inicio: 355
Página final: 364
Idioma: English
URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2988/0006-324X%282006%29119%5B355%3AANSOBG%5D2.0.CO%3B2
DOI:

10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[355:ANSOBG]2.0.CO;2

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS