Eschricht, 1838

Description
Adult. Body relatively elongate (not compressed), gelatinous and fragile. Eyes with lenses. Skin lightly pigmented. The web is deep, a secondary web is present. The cirri are long and conspicuous. Fins large, wide and longer than the width of the head, slightly flared; fin support compact and rectangular. Mantle aperture narrow. Funnel long; funnel organ inverted-V.
Young not described. The smallest caught planktonic postembryonic stage was identified as Cirroteuthis sp., with 11 mm mantle length.

Depth range
Benthopelagic, generally below 2000 m.

Distribution in the North Sea
Deep parts of Skagerrak, not likely to occur in the North Sea.

World distribution
Arctic/boreal in N Atlantic or N Pacific.

[After Hochberg et al., in Sweeney et al., 1992]

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Subclass Coleoidea
Order Octopoda
Suborder Cirrata
Family Cirroteuthidae
Genus Cirroteuthis
Species Cirroteuthis muelleri

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Cirroteuthis muelleri Eschricht, 1836

Scientific synonyms and common names

Cirroteuthis mülleri | Eschricht, 1838

Muus, B.J., 1959. Skallus, Søtaender, Blaeksprutter. Danmarks Fauna, Band 65. 239 pages, 117 figs. Gads Forlag, København.

Muus, B.J., 1963e. Cephalopoda. Order: Octopoda, Sub-order: Cirromorpha, Families Cirrotheutidae, Stauroteuthidae, Opistoteuthidae; Sub-order: Incirrata, Family Octopodidae. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 95 (1963). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Sweeney, M.J., F.E.R. Roper, K.M. Mangold, M.R. Clarke and S. v. Boletzky (editors), 1992. "Larval" and juvenile cephalopods: a manual for their identification. Smith. Contr. Zool., 513: 1-282.

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