Note

Teuthowenia megalops: Description continued

Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003)
Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window
Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window

Figure. Oral view of the tentacular club of T. megalops, female, 187 mm GL. Drawings from Voss, 1985, pp. 17, 18.

Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window
Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window

Figure. Left - Oral view of one side of brachial and buccal crowns of T. megalops, immature female, 210 mm ML (hypotype). Right - Oral views of arm suckers of T. megalops. A - Sucker from last pair prior to modified terminal portion of right arm, immature male, 184 mm GL. B - Proximal sucker from modified terminal portion of right arm, immature male, 184 mm GL. C - Sucker from midregion of arm I, mature male, 215 mm GL.Drawings from Voss, 1985, pp. 17, 18.

Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window
Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window

Figure. Funnel organ, mature male of T. megalops, 215 mm GL. Drawings from Voss, 1985, pp. 17, 18.

Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window
Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window
 .

Figure. Two views of the ocular photophores of T. megalops, male, 199 mm GL Drawings from Voss, 1985, pp. 17, 18.

About This Page
All Drawings from Voss (1985) printed with the Permission of the Bulletin of Marine Science.


University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003)
Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France

Page: Tree of Life Teuthowenia megalops: Description continued Authored by Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003). The TEXT of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0. Note that images and other media featured on this page are each governed by their own license, and they may or may not be available for reuse. Click on an image or a media link to access the media data window, which provides the relevant licensing information. For the general terms and conditions of ToL material reuse and redistribution, please see the Tree of Life Copyright Policies.

close box

This page is a note that is attached to a leaf of the Tree of Life.

ToL notes provide brief accounts of characteristics, short summaries, commentaries, media files, taxonomic information, or identification tools for a given group of organisms.

For a more detailed explanation of the different ToL page types, have a look at the Structure of the Tree of Life page.

close box

Teuthowenia megalops

Page Content

articles & notes

collections

people

Explore Other Groups

random page

  go to the Tree of Life home page
top