Asperoteuthis nesisi
Asperoteuthis nesisi is a chiroteuthid squid of the genus Asperoteuthis. It is native to the waters off South Georgia and, more generally, the Southwest Atlantic. Asperoteuthis nesisi has a thin mantle and arms, and peculiar integumental tubercles on its head and mantle. The largest arm suckers possess twelve to fourteen sharp, triangular teeth.[3]
| Asperoteuthis nesisi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Chiroteuthidae |
| Genus: | Asperoteuthis |
| Species: | A. nesisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Asperoteuthis nesisi | |
References
- Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Asperoteuthis nesisi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T190918A1961027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T190918A1961027.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- Julian Finn (2016). "Asperoteuthis nesisi Arkhipkin & Laptikhovsky, 2008". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- Arkhipkin, A.I. & V.V. Laptikhovsky 2008. Discovery of the fourth species of the enigmatic chiroteuthid squid Asperoteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) and extension of the range of the genus to the South Atlantic. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(3): 203–207. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn007
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