First record of Pickfordiateuthis vossi Brackoniecki, 1996 (Myopsida, Loliginidae) early life stages in the central Mexican Pacific

By

Pelayo-Martínez, Gloria
De Silva-Dávila, Roxana
Franco-Gordo, Carmen
Olivos-Ortiz, Aramis

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-1-25

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

87--92

Subjects

cephalopod , grass squid , juvenile , loliginid , new record , paralarvae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.1.87

 

Abstract

The grass squid Pickfordiateuthis vossi Brakoniecki, 1996 is a dwarf species distributed along the northwest coast of Mexico. In the eastern Pacific, little is known about its distribution and life cycle. Two specimens, which are considered the smallest individuals of the genus collected to date, were caught in zooplankton trawls during 2 oceanographic cruises (January and March 1998) carried out in the central Mexican Pacific. The paralarval and juvenile stages are described and represent a new record in the area, with a range extension of 600 km southwest from the nearest previous record.