The potential fecundity (PF) of advanced maturing and mature pre-spawning cuttlefish S. officinalis in the Aegean Sea varies from 3,700 to 8,000 (mean 5,871) oocytes, whereas the number of large yolk oocytes increases with mantle length from 130 to 839 ...
Vladimir Laptikhovsky +3 more
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Vertical distribution and abundance of juvenile cephalopods in Aegean Sea
This study was carried out in northern (Saros Bay) and southern (Gökova Bay) parts of the Aegean Sea. In pelagic samplings, Hamburg Plankton Net (HPN) was used. Samplings were done out at four different periods of a 24 hour day; sunrise, noon, sunset and
Alp Salman +2 more
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Metatranscriptomics unmasks Mollusca virome with a remarkable presence of rhabdovirus in cephalopods
IntroductionMollusks play a significant role in marine ecosystems and have economic value for aquaculture. Sometimes, unexpected and unexplained mortalities among mollusks have been described.
Magalí Rey-Campos +3 more
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Reproducing small eggs and planktonic hatchlings is a reproductive strategy of many species of benthic octopods although it is considered a pleisiomorphic state.
Pichitra Promboon +2 more
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Food habits and dietary variability of pelagic nekton off Oregon and Washington, 1979-1984 [PDF]
The food habits of 20 species of pelagic nekton were investigated from collections made with small-mesh purse seines from 1979-84 off Washington and Oregon. Four species (spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias; soupfin shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus; blue shark,
Brodeur, Richard D. +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genomes of two octopods Cistopus chinensis and Cistopus taiwanicus: revealing the phylogenetic position of the genus Cistopus within the order Octopoda. [PDF]
In the present study, we determined the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences of two species of Cistopus, namely C. chinensis and C. taiwanicus, and conducted a comparative mt genome analysis across the class Cephalopoda.
Rubin Cheng +3 more
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A First Record of Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) Coleoid Jaws in Siberia
In the present paper, we describe several coleoid jaws discovered in the lower Toarcian black shales, cropping out along the Vilyui River (Yakutia, Russia).
Mikhail Rogov +3 more
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Distribution, relative abundance and developmental morphology of paralarval cephalopods in the Western North Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
Paralarval and juvenile cephalopods collected in plankton samples on 21 western North Atlantic cruises were identified and enumerated. The 3731 specimens were assigned to 44 generic and specific taxa.
Lu, C. C. +3 more
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Miocene sepiids (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) from Australia [PDF]
Two sepiid genera, Notosepia Chapman, 1915, andSepia Linnaeus, 1758, are described from the Neogene deposits ofAustralia. A new and unique record of the middle Miocene Sepia sp.is reported from southern Australia.
Martin Košt'ák +5 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the Loligo chinensis
In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Loligo chinensis. The genome was 17,353 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 3 main non-coding regions.
Lihua Jiang, Lisen Kang, Changwen Wu
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