Department of Zoology Ocean Research Laboratory
Department of Zoology Ocean Research Laboratory
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Deep-sea cirrate octopusCirroteuthis muelleri |
The deep sea octopods are a poorly known group, with considerable confusion surrounding the taxonomy, particularly of the cirrate octopuses. As part of a NERC funded project the deep-sea cephalopod fauna of the NE Atlantic was described for the first time (Collins et al., 2001). The benthic fauna is dominated by octopods, with incirrates abundant at depths 500-1500 and cirrate octopods dominating at depths greater than 1500m. |
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Deep-sea cirrate octopus Stauroteuthis syrtensis. |
The work has also revealed a number of new species of the cirrate genus Grimpoteuthis (Collins, submitted) and the Atlantic species of Opisthoteuthis (Villanueva et al., in press) and Stauroteuthis (Collins & Henriques, 2000) have been re-evaluated, with two new species of Opisthoteuthis described.Work in the USA has shown that one of these species, Stauroteuthis syrtensis, has suckers capable of light production. |
Roger Villanueva, Martin A. Collins, Pilar Sanchez and Nancy Voss, in press.
Systematics and distribution in the Atlantic Ocean of the cirrate octopods of the genus
Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda), with description of two new species.
Bulletin of Marine Science.
Martin A. Collins, Cynthia Yau, Louise Allcock and Michael H. Thurston, 2001
Distribution of deep-water benthic and bentho-pelagic cephalopods from the north-east Atlantic
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 81, 105-117.
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Martin A. Collins, Mary O'Dea & Camila Henriques, 2001
A large Cirroteuthis magba (Cephalopoda: Cirroctopoda) caught on the Cape Verde Terrace (North Atlantic)
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 81, 357-358.
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Martin A. Collins and Camila Henriques 2000
A revision of the family Stauroteuthidae with redescriptions of Stauroteuthis syrtensis and S. gilchristi.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 80, 685-697.
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Boyle, P. R., Collins, M. A. and Williamson, G. R. 1998
The cephalopod by-catch of deep-water trawling on the Hebrides slope
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 78, 1023-1026.
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Heather I. Daly, Peter R. Boyle and Martin A. Collins. 1998
Reproductive status of Opisthoteuthis sp. over an annual cycle.
South African Journal of Marine Science, 20 187-192.
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