Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Rare occurrence of Reinhardt’s cranch squid Liocranchia reinhardti  (Cephalopod: Cranchiidae) from southeastern Arabian Sea

Volume 59 Issue 2

K. K. Sajikumar, V. Venkatesan, R. Vidya, P. S. Alloycious, K. M. Jestin Joy and K. S. Mohamed

10.6024/jmbai.2017.59.2.1988-15

Abstract

Single individual of the rare cranchiid squid Liocranchia reinhardti belonging to the Cranchiidae family was caught in a bottom trawl operated at 80 m in  southeastern Arabian Sea. The morphometric measurements and indices of the specimen are provided. Statolith microstructure analysis revealed that the L. reinhardti with 118 mm dorsal mantle length (DML) had an age of 71 days with growth rate of 1.66 mm DML/day.

Keywords

Cranchiid squid, glass squid, Arabian Sea, Statolith, mesopelagic

Date : 15-01-2018