Note

Gonatus ursabrunae: Description continued

F. G. Hochberg and Richard E. Young
  1. Arms
    1. Arm formula: III>=II>I>=IV.
    2. Longest arms 42-56% ML.
    3. Medial arm suckers with ca. 9 long, slender blunt teeth on distal margin of inner ring.

  2. Tentacles
    1. Tentacular clubs short (13-25% ML).

  3. Fins
    1. Fins small (length 26-50% ML).

  4. Viscera
    1. Spindle-shaped digestive gland present.

  5. Measurements and counts
Character/Index no.  Cal. Acad. Sci.
040163
Holotype 		 701  816326
696
057606
Sex  - -  -  -   -
Mantle length
24 20  19  18  17 
Mantle width
8  6  8  8  9 
Fin Length 5  4  4  4  3 
Fin width 11  9  10  10  7 
Head width  7  7  5  6  5 
Eye diameter  5  4  4  3.5  3 
Arm length, I
7  6  7  8  6 
                II 9  9  8  10  8 
                III 10  9  9  10  9 
                IV
 8  6  6  8  6 
Half arm I, count*
 18  23  -  -   
      arm II 25 19  -  -   
      arm III 22 20  -  -   
      arm IV 30  27  -  -   
Tentacle length 19  12  12  -  12 
Club length 5  5  4  -  3 
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F. G. Hochberg
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Richard E. Young
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

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