Family Ocythoidae (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) in Peru

Authors

  • Franz Cardoso Lab. Invertebrados Acuáticos, Fac. Ciencias Biológicas, UNMSM, Apdo. 1898, Lima 100, Perú.
  • Carlos Paredes Lab. Invertebrados Acuáticos, Fac. Ciencias Biológicas, UNMSM, Apdo. 1898, Lima 100, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v5i2.8331

Keywords:

Ocythoidae, sistematics, distribution,

Abstract

The family Ocythoidae on the basis of literature and Peruvian material is reviewed. This family has a single genus and species, Ocythoe tuberculata Rafinesque, 1814. It is an epipelagic species and possibly cosmopolitan in warm oceanic waters (subtropical) of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indico Oceans and Mediterranean Sea. Information on the systematics and Biology of the species is presented.

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Published

12/31/1998

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How to Cite

Cardoso, Franz, and Carlos Paredes. 1998. “Family Ocythoidae (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) in Peru”. Revista Peruana De Biología 5 (2): 129-37. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v5i2.8331.