Species Range Shifts Due to Environmental Changes in Scaled Squid, Pholidoteuthis massyae and Bathyal Octopus, Muusoctopus eureka

  • Vladimir Laptikhovsky
  • , Alexander Arkhipkin
  • , Paul Brickle
  • , Sarah Hearne
  • , Karen L. Neely

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Abstract

A mesopelagic scaled squid, Pholidoteuthis massyae, was found for the first time in the south-west Atlantic, and an epi-mesobathyal octopus, Muusoctopus eureka, was found in shallow waters of the Falkland Islands almost a century after its last record there. These new records are tentatively attributed to recent climatic changes in oceanic waters of the southern hemisphere. Deimatic behaviour was recorded for the first time in an inkless octopus. © 2011 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
Original languageAmerican English
Article numbere34
JournalMarine Biodiversity Records
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Aquatic Science

Keywords

  • Distribution
  • Muusoctopus eureka
  • Pholidoteuthis massyae
  • distribution

Disciplines

  • Marine Biology
  • Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

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