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Sepiolids (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the southern Caribbean, Colombian coast, and a redescription of Nectoteuthis pourtalesii Verrill, 1883

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Sepiolids are a lesser known group of cephalopods. This paper deals with the sepiolids of the southern Caribbean in Colombian waters. Six species can be found. Semirossia tenera, Semirossia sp. Austrorossia antillensis, Austrorossia sp., Heteroteuthis cf. dispar, Nectoteuthis pourtalesii. A short description for each species is given. A redescription of Nectoteuthis pourtalesii is given, including the digestive and reproductive tract. Two new species, one Austrorossia and one Semirossia were found. A partial description for each of these species is provided. The appendix contains morphometric measurement and indexes. (Tables 1—6). With this, the number of sepiolids from the southern Caribbean is increased to eight species.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Luis Sendoya, Lucero Zamudio, Diana Bermudez, Joao Blanco, Juan Pablo Assmus, for their help, and Adriana Gracia, Andres Merchan, Guiomar Botero and Erika Montoya from the Museo Marino Natural de Colombia INVEMAR for loan of the material, and thanks to Ingo Stoessel and Tinka Stoessel for reading the manuscript.

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    Jürgen Guerrero-Kommritz

  2. Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá, Cra 30 #45, Bogotá, Colombia

    Adriana Rodriguez-Bermudez

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Table 1

Table 1 Morphometric measurements of Semirossia sp., Autrorossia antillensis, Austrorossia sp., and Nectoteuthis pourtalesii (in mm)
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Table 2

Table 2 Morphometric measurements of Semirossia tenera (in mm)
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Table 3 Morphometric measurements of Semirossia tenera (in mm)
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Table 4 Indexes of Semirossia sp, Austrorossia antillensis, Austrorossia sp, and Nectoteuthis pourtalesii
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Table 5

Table 5 Indexes of Semirossia tenera
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Table 6 Indexes of Semirossia tenera
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Guerrero-Kommritz, J., Rodriguez-Bermudez, A. Sepiolids (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the southern Caribbean, Colombian coast, and a redescription of Nectoteuthis pourtalesii Verrill, 1883. Mar Biodiv 47, 203–224 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0462-9

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