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Unique hooks in the male scaled squid Lepidoteuthis grimaldi
Jackson, G.D.; O'Shea, S. (2003). Unique hooks in the male scaled squid Lepidoteuthis grimaldi. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(5): 1099-1100. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403008324h
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Keywords
    Interspecific relationships > Predation
    Reproduction
    Sexual dimorphism
    [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Jackson, G.D.
  • O'Shea, S.
Abstract
    The male scaled squid Lepidoteuthis grimaldii hereby reported for the first time, is equipped with a pair of grossly enlarged sabre-like hooks. These unique hooks, found only on males, are without parallel amongst cephalopods. As a sexually dimorphic character, they are more likely to be involved in reproduction than predation.
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