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Cirroctopus hochbergi Measurements

Cirroctopus hochbergi Description

Steve O'Shea, Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione

**Measurements**
Sex	Female	Male?	Male	Male	?
ML, mm	151	126	89	88	58
MW, mm	132	105	132	91	57
Fin length	158	108	154	81	78
Fin width	47	47	64	32	29
Length, arm I	324	274	290	170	145
Length, arm II	316	279	325	170	148
Length, arm III	314	271	304	162	154
Length, arm IV	300	255	280	147	140
Web depth, sect. A	194	150	120	117	90
Web depth, sect. B	174	160	162	117	87
Web depth, sect. C	157	142	163	95	82
Web depth, sect. D	131	123	100	80	70
Web depth, sect. E	81	67	78	50	48
Sucker counts, arm I	86	78	72	72	77
Sucker counts, arm II	88	77	77	74	77
Sucker counts, arm III	86	78	72	72	73
Sucker counts, arm IV	84	79	73	70	74
Max. arm sucker diam.	5.5-6.0	5.2-6.0	6.0-7.0	3.0-3.1	2.5-3.0
Number, gill lamellae	7	7	7	7	8

Comments

Measurements are from O'Shea (1999). Measurements from right and left sides are averaged and rounded.

References

O'Shea, Steve. 1999. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112: 280pp.

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