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A new maximum size for Eledone moschata (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2009

Okan Akyol  and
Halil Şen
Okan Akyol*
Affiliation:
Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, 35440 Urla, İzmir, Turkey
Halil Şen
Affiliation:
Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, 35440 Urla, İzmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Okan Akyol, Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, 35440 Urla, İzmir, Turkey email: okan.akyol@ege.edu.tr
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Abstract

A specimen of the musky octopus, Eledone moschata, of 188 mm mantle length and 1414 g total body weight, was caught on 12 February 2007 by trammel net in İzmir Bay. The given sizes are the maximal for this species at the present time.

Keywords

Musky octopusEledone moschatamaximum sizeAegean Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e71
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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