Four specimens of the rare octopus squid Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844, were caught in the Sicilian waters (one in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea and three in the Strait of Sicily). Main morphological characteristics and morphometric measurements of the specimens were reported. An updated map of the species distribution in the Mediterranean was also given.

New records of Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844 (Cephalopoda: Octopoteuthidae) in the Sicilian Waters (Central Mediterranean Sea)

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Four specimens of the rare octopus squid Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844, were caught in the Sicilian waters (one in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea and three in the Strait of Sicily). Main morphological characteristics and morphometric measurements of the specimens were reported. An updated map of the species distribution in the Mediterranean was also given.
2024
stituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine - IRBIM - Sede Secondaria Mazara del Vallo
Octopus squid, Octopoteuthis sicula, morphology, Sicilian waters, Mediterranean distribution
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