- Kondakovia longimana
Taxobox
name = "Kondakovia longimana"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Cephalopod a
subclassis =Coleoidea
ordo =Teuthida
subordo =Oegopsina
familia =Onychoteuthidae
genus = "Kondakovia"
genus_authority =Filippova , 1972
species = "K. longimana"
binomial = "Kondakovia longimana"
binomial_authority =Filippova , 1972"Kondakovia longimana" is a large species of
hooked squid . It attains a mantle length of at least 85 cm and probably over 1.15 m. [O'Shea, S. 2005. [http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/giantsquidfacts2.php "Kondakovia longimana"] . In: Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet. The Octopus News Magazine Online.] The largest complete specimen of this species, measuring 2.3 m in total length, was found inAntarctica in 2000. [Carrington, D. 2000. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/813394.stm Big squid breaks record] . "BBC News", July 3, 2000.]Description
"K. longimana" is characterised by the presence of 33 hooks and marginal suckers throughout the tentacular club during subadult years. The gladius of this species is not visible beneath the skin in the dorsal midline. "K. longimana" possesses three
occipital folds. [Vecchione, M., R.E. Young & K. Tsuchiya 2003. [http://www.tolweb.org/Kondakovia_longimana "Kondakovia longimana" Filippova, 1972] . Tree of Life web project.]Distribution
"K. longimana" occurs in
epipelagic andmesopelagic waters of theSouthern Ocean . Its range may be circumpolar and stretch as far north asSouth Georgia and theTasman Sea . [Kubodera, T., U. Piatkowski, T. Okutani & M.R. Clarke 1998. Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Family Onychoteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). "Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" No. 586: 277–291.]The
type material of this species, consisting of three specimens caught at the surface and a depth of 50 m, was collected just north of theSouth Orkney Islands [Filippova, Y.A. 1972. New Data on the Squids (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from the Scotia Sea. "Malacologia" 11(2): 391–406.] and is deposited at the Zoological Museum ofMoscow State University . [ [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]ee also
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Cephalopod size References
Further reading
*Jarre, A., M.R. Clarke & D. Pauly 1991. Re-examination of growth estimates in oceanic squids: the case of "Kondakovia longimana" (Onychoteuthidae). "ICES Journal of Marine Science" 48: 195–200.
*Lu, C.C. & R. Williams. 1994. "Kondakovia longimana" Filippova, 1972 (Cephalopoda: Onychoteuthidae) from the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean. "Antarctic Science" 6(2): 231–234.External links
* [http://tolweb.org/Kondakovia/19953 Tree of Life: Kondakovia longimana]
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