Rare occurrence of Reinhardt’s cranch squid Liocranchia reinhardti (Cephalopod: Cranchiidae) from southeastern Arabian Sea

Sajikumar, K K and Venkatesan, V and Vidya, R and Alloycious, P S and Jestin Joy, K M and Mohamed, K S (2017) Rare occurrence of Reinhardt’s cranch squid Liocranchia reinhardti (Cephalopod: Cranchiidae) from southeastern Arabian Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 59 (2). pp. 115-118.

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Abstract

Single individual of the rare cranchiid squid Liocranchia reinhardti belonging to the Cranchiidae family was caught in a bottom trawl operated at 80 m in southeastern Arabian Sea. The morphometric measurements and indices of the specimen are provided. Statolith microstructure analysis revealed that the L. reinhardti with 118 mm dorsal mantle length (DML) had an age of 71 days with growth rate of 1.66 mm DML/day.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cranchiid squid, glass squid, Arabian Sea, Statolith, mesopelagic
Subjects: Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > Rare occurrence
Molluscan Fisheries > Cephalopods
Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 29 May 2018 07:14
Last Modified: 17 Feb 2023 11:05
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/12809

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