Almennt
Muusoctopus johnsonianus (Allock et al. 2006)
Mantle length up to 113 mm, but most probably larger individuals exist. It is a benthic deep water species, found at more than 2500 m water depth. Almost nothing is known of its biology and ecology. Confirmed distribution is from 49º N to 59º N in the eastern part og North Atlantic at the continetal slopes; it is also present in the western part of the North Atlantic at the nearly same latitudes (M. Vecchione, pers. comm.). In Icelandic waters (BIOICE samples) it is distributed south of Greenland-Scotland Ridge (south of 62.6º – 65.9º N).
References:
Allcock A. L., Strugnell J. M., Ruggiero H., Collins M. A. Redescription of the deep-sea octopod Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907) and a description of a new species from the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Biology Research, 2006. Vol. 2. – P. 372-387.
Jereb P., Roper C. F. E., Norman M. D., Finn J. K. (eds) Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 3. Rome, FAO. 2014. 370 p.
Alexey V. Golikov and Rushan M. Sabirov, Kazan Federal University, Department of Zoology; Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Department of Collections and Systematics
Please cite this page as: Golikov A. V., Sabirov R. M., Gudmundsson G. (2018) Cephalopoda (Smokkdýr), Muusoctopus johnsonianus (Allcock et al., 2006), http://www.ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/cephalopoda/muusoctopus-johnsonianus.
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Alexey Golikov maí 2018
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- (Muusoctopus johnsonianus)