(Muusoctopus aegir)

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Muusoctopus aegir

This species has previously been reported as Benthoctopus piscatorum. Mantle length up to 52 mm. Differs mainly from othe Muusoctopus sp.in: 1) absence of stylets; 2) proportions in size of mantle and head; funnel organ morphology; 4) number of suckers and gill lamellae; 5) relative arm lenght and diameter of suckers; 6) male reproductive system morphology and relative size. 

M. aegir is a benthic species, recorded from 80 m to nearly 2.500m. Known distribution is from north off Iceland and along the slope of the continental shelf of Scandinavia, to Svalbard and then eastward to the Kara Sea. 

Reference: Golikov A. V., Gudmundsson G., Blicher M. E., Jørgensen L. L., Korneeva E. I., Olafsdottir S. H., Shagimardanova E. I., Shigapova L. H., Zakharov D. V., Zimina O. L., Sabirov R. M. A review of the genus Muusoctopus (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) from Arctic waters. Zoological Letters, 2023. Vol. 9, Art. 21. – doi: 10.1186/s40851-023-00220-x

Alexey V. Golikov, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Rushan M. Sabirov, Kazan Federal University, Department of Zoology - Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural History. 

Please cite this page as: Golikov A. V., Sabirov R. M., Gudmundsson G. (2018) Cephalopoda (Smokkdýr), Muusoctopus sp., http://www.ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/cephalopoda/muusoctopus-aegir

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Alexey Golikov maí 2018

Guðmundur Guðmundsson janúar 2023; uppfært