New species of squid discovered in the southern Indian Ocean

Tuesday, November 16th 2010 - 12:05 UTC

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A new species of squid has been discovered by scientists during a research cruise in the southern Indian Ocean. The 70cm-long specimen is a large member of the chiroteuthid family. Read full article

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Dear Alex Rogers, I studied the South African Museum collection of chiroteuthid squids and found several specimens similar to that in your photo (in another blog). Also I examined the type material in Denmark and reach the conclusion that is Chiroteuthis (Chiropsis) mega. Please check in the SAM collection to verify what I am saying. Also, those specimens were misindentified as Chiroteuthis virilis as jar identification. According to my findings that species is distributed in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean up to the west coast of Australia.
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