Fishery Bulletin 94(1). 1996 



Figure 7 



Microstructure of the statolith ofBerryteuthis magisteri light micrographs). (A) General view of a ground 

 statolith (mature male, ML 218 mm); (B-F) magnified views of the areas outlined by rectangles B-F in 

 panel A. (B) Nucleus and postnuclear zone (micrograph taken from statolith of another specimen); (C) 

 first-order increments visible in the lateral dome; (D) second-order increments in the proximal part of 

 the rostrum; (E) second-order increments grouped into well-defined third-order "bands" in the middle 

 part of the rostrum; (F) faint first-order increments appearing within the second-order increments in 

 the distal part of the rostrum. The length of black bars on all panels is 0.1 mm. 



