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O. borealis (Dorsal view; specimen in IINH collection)
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O. borealis (Ventral view; specimen in IINH collection)
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Skelkúpa úr höfði (Shell; specimen in IINH collection)
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Efri bitkjálki (Upper beak; specimen in IINH collection)
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Neðri bitkjálki (Lower beak; specimen in IINH collection)
Almennt
Opisthoteuthis borealis Collins, 2005
Maximum published mantle length is 75 mm, but clearly larger specimens do exist. It is an oceanic, bentho-pelagic species, distributed in the deep-waters of the North Atlantic; has been found down to 1350 m water depth. It is rarely caught, and only a few specimens are known to date.
References:
Collins M. A. Opisthoteuthis borealis: a new species of cirrate octopod from Greenland waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2005. Vol. 85. – P. 1475-1479.
Jereb P., Roper C. F. E., Norman M. D., Finn J. K. (eds) Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 3. Rome, FAO. 2014. 370 p.
Alexey V. Golikov and Rushan M. Sabirov, Kazan Federal University, Department of Zoology, & Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Department of Collections and Systematics
Citing this page:Golikov A. V., Sabirov R. M., Gudmundsson G. (2017). Cephalopoda, Opisthoteuthis borealis Collins, 2005, http://www.ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/cephalopoda/opisthoteuthis-borealis
Fundarstaður O. borealis (Sampling site of O. borealis in Icelandic waters)
Höfundur
Guðmundur Guðmundsson maí 2017
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