First record of Taningia danae (Cephalopoda: Octopoteuthidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

The capture of a specimen of the oceanic cephalopod Taningia danae Joubin, 1931, caught during a bottom trawl survey carried out off the Algerian coast, is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. The individual, which was taken at 385-395 m depth, was a juvenile with a 55.6 mm mantle l...

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Autores: Quetglas, Antoni, Fliti, Khaled, Massutí, Enric, Refes, Wahid, Guijarro, Beatriz, Zaghdoudi, Said
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/323951
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/323951
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:First record
Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares
Pesquerías
Octopoteuthidae
Mediterranean Sea
statoliths
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Sumario:The capture of a specimen of the oceanic cephalopod Taningia danae Joubin, 1931, caught during a bottom trawl survey carried out off the Algerian coast, is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. The individual, which was taken at 385-395 m depth, was a juvenile with a 55.6 mm mantle length and age of 132 days. This finding is important as there are few worldwide records of this species