Table 1 Lepidoctopus joaquini gen. et sp. nov.: Counts and measurements (millimetres).
Collection site | Bragança | Bragança | Bragança | Bragança | Cabo Norte | Cabo Norte | Cabo Norte | Cabo Norte | Cabo Norte | Cabo Norte | Cabo Norte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Bank number | — | MG010602 | MG010603 | MG010600 | — | MG010594 | MG010598 | MG010599 | MG010542 | MG010543 | — |
Catalog number (MORG) | 51448 | 51449 | 51450 | 51451 | 51452 | 51453 | 51454 | 51455 | 51456 | 51457 | 51458 |
Status | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Holotype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype |
Collection date | 17/12/2007 | 18/12/2007 | 19/12/2007 | 20/12/2007 | 21/12/2007 | 22/12/2007 | 23/12/2007 | 24/12/2007 | 25/12/2007 | 26/12/2007 | 27/12/2007 |
Sex | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Female | Female | Female |
Total fixed weight (g) | 27.4 | 36.2 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 14.3 | 20 | 22.4 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 19.8 | 19.9 |
Total length | 232 | 274 | 186 | 180 | 157 | 174 | 174 | 218 | |||
Dorsal mantle length | 36 | 40 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 34 |
Mantle width | 21 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 20 |
Head width | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | |
Mean eye diameter | 4,0 | 5,0 | 4.5 | 5,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 | 3,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 |
Funnel length | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 |
Free funnel length | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
Paleal opening | 17 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Hectocotylus length | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 17.5 | ||||||
Ligula length | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15.5 | 16.5 | ||||||
Calamus length | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
Gill lamellae count (I/O R–I/O L) | 7/7–7/7 | 7/7–7/7 | 7/7–7/7 | 7/7–7/7 | 7/7–7/7 | 7/7–7/7 | 7/7– | -/7–/7 | 7/7–7/7 | 7/7–7/7 | -/7–7/- |
Gill Length (mean) | 15.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 |
Arm lengths 1 (R-L) | d | 207 R | 147 R | 110 L | 140–140 | ||||||
Arm lengths 2 (R-L) | d | 186–227 | 129 R | 117 R | 134–131 | 121 L | 120–140 | 162 L | |||
Arm lengths 3 (R-L) | 150–184 | 138 Hc -196 | 95 R | 112 R | 92 Hc - 115 | 88 Hc | 104 R | 130–125 | |||
Arm lengths 4 (R-L) | d | d | 122 R | 94 L | 111 L | 110–115 | 111 L | ||||
Arm width (mean) | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
Web Depth A (dorsal) | 27 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 24 | ||||
Web Depth B (R-L) | 28 R | 20–27 | 27 R | 20–25 | 22 R | 22–20.5 | 17 R | 22 R | |||
Web Depth C (R-L) | 29–28 | 25–20 | 22–32 | 27–22 | 20 R | 24 R | |||||
Web Depth D (R-L) | 27 L | 26 L | 21–24 | 16 R | 19–20 | 18 L | |||||
Web Depth E (ventral) | 30 | 25 | 16 | 30 | |||||||
Larger sucker arm 1 (R-L) | 4.9–3.8 | 3.1–3.8 | 5 R | 4.3 R | 3.8–3.7 | 3.2–3.4 | 2.9–2.0 | 2.6–2.6 | 1.7–1.8 | ||
Larger sucker arm 2(R-L) | 4.3–3.8 | 4.2–3.1 | 4.6 R | 4.0–3.7 | 3.6–2.7 | 2.7–2.4 | 2.4–2.5 | 1.7–2.0 | |||
Larger sucker arm 3 (R-L) | 3.2–3.1 | 4.2–3.6 | 4.5 R | 4.0–4.5 | 3.9–3.9 | 3.2–3.2 | 2.4–2.2 | 3.0–2.7 | 2.0–2.4 | ||
Larger sucker arm 4 (R-L) | 2.3–2.5 | 3.3 L | 4.3–4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8–4.1 | 2.4–2.5 | 2.2–2.1 | 2.5–2.4 | 1.7–2.3 |
