Fishery Bulletin 94(1). 1996 



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Figure 6 



Microstructure of the gladius of Berryteuthis magister (light micrographs). (A) General 

 view of a transverse cross section through the anterior part of the conus (mature male, 

 ML 242 mm I; (B-D) magnified views of the areas outlined by rectangles B-D in panel 

 A; (E) increments of the middle layer visible on the dorsal surface of the gladius 

 proostracum in reflected light (immature female, ML 273 mm; micrograph taken at 190 

 mm from the posterior end of the galdiusl. 



