Cephalopod video Teuthowenia megalops

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Teuthowenia megalops in the cockatoo posture. The animal rotates (head up, horizontal, or head down) with the spindle-shaped digestive gland as the fulcrum. The digestive gland is kept vertical regardless of the orientation of the mantle and head. JOHNSON SEA-LINK (JSL) I dive 2141; 4 August 1987; New England; depth = 789 m; temp. = 4.8 oC; specimen collected (USNM 816889); DML = 137 mm. • • From: Vecchione, M and C.F.E. Roper. 1992. Cephalopods observed from submersibles in the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science, 49(1-2):433-445. • • Online abstract: http://invertebrates.si.edu/cephs/vr9... • • To see other cephalopod videos: http://collections.si.edu/search/resu... • • [taxonomy:binomial=Teuthowenia megalops]

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