New insights into the morphology, reproduction and distribution of the large-tuberculate octopus Graneledone macrotyla from the Patagonian slope

Authors

  • Ángel Guerra Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC)
  • Álvaro Roura Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC)
  • Maria Pilar Sieiro Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC)
  • Julio M. Portela Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO)
  • José Luis del Río Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03473.07A

Keywords:

Graneledone macrotyla, Cephalopoda, systematic, reproduction, biogeography, Patagonian slope, southwest Atlantic

Abstract


The new information reported in this paper is based on 11 specimens of the large-tuberculate octopus Graneledone macrotyla. These specimens were caught in bottom trawl surveys ATLANTIS 2009 and 2010 carried out on the Patagonian slope off the Argentinean Economic Exclusive Zone between 24 February and 1 April 2009 and from 9 March to 5 April 2010 respectively. A new diagnosis and a complete description of the species are provided. This is the first time that stylets, beaks and spermatophores are described. This is also the first time in which mature females have been studied and the female genitalia described. Like other eledonid octopods, G. macrotyla does not have spermathecae in the oviducal glands. The presence of fertilized eggs inside the ovary suggests that fertilization takes place within the ovary. The simultaneous occurrence of oocyte cohorts at different oogenic stages suggests that the species is a multiple spawner. G. macrotyla inhabits shallower waters on the Patagonian slope (475-921 m) than in the subantartic area (1647-2044 m). From a biogeographical point of view, our data show that G. macrotyla inhabits the plume of cold subantarctic waters, which is pushed far north into the southwestern Atlantic by the Falkland (Malvinas) Current.

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2012-06-30

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Guerra Ángel, Roura Álvaro, Sieiro MP, Portela JM, del Río JL. New insights into the morphology, reproduction and distribution of the large-tuberculate octopus Graneledone macrotyla from the Patagonian slope. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2012Jun.30 [cited 2024Mar.28];76(2):319-28. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1342

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