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Chtenopteryx sicula

Comb-finned squid
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Chtenopteryx sicula caught off Naples.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina/Bathyteuthoidea
Family: Chtenopterygidae
Genus: Chtenopteryx
Species: C. sicula
Binomial name
Chtenopteryx sicula
(Vérany, 1851)

Chtenopteryx sicula, also known as the comb-finned squid or toothed-fin squid, is a species of squid native to at least the Mediterranean Sea. It is characterised by several distinct morphological features: ocular photophores are present but visceral photophores are absent, arm suckers are arranged in at least 4 series distally, and club suckers are borne in more than 8 series.

The type specimen was collected off Messina, Italy. It is deposited at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musée Barla) in Nice.

Ventral view of the viscera, showing the absence of a visceral photophore and the presence of the accessory nidamental gland.


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