Title
First record of depth octopus Muusoctopus longibrachus (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) for Peruvian sea
Other title
[Primer registro del pulpo de profundidad Muusoctopus longibrachus (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) para el mar peruano]
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Fac. Of Biological Sci.
Abstract
The octopus deep-sea Muusoctopus longibrachus (Ibañez et al. 2006) is recorded for the first time in the Peruvian sea. Two male specimens were caught at 852-875 m depth between 05°08′S and 09°18′S. This species was known only from Chile, in the present study extends its distribution north to Peru.
Start page
179
End page
182
Volume
21
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84908005241
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus