Bigelow Age and growth of Onychoteuthis borealijaponica 



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Figure 2 



Onychoteuthis borealijaponica. Light micrograph of a transverse section of a sta- 

 tolith from a 11.5-mm mantle length paralarva. Duplicate increment counts were 

 61 and 63. 



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Figure 3 



Onychoteuthis borealijaponica. Light micrographs of a ground statolith. (A) Increment deposition within early 

 life history. Arrow indicates edge of nucleus. (B) Statolith microstructure within dorsal dome region. 



