Cuttlebone morphometrics and sex identification of Sepia bertheloti (d’Orbigny, 1835) from the central-east Atlantic
| Autor: | Leticia Curbelo-Muñoz, Airam Guerra-Marrero, David Jiménez-Alvarado, V. Hernández-García, José Juan Castro-Hernández |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Sepia bertheloti
0106 biological sciences Morphometrics education.field_of_study 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Cuttlebone African cuttlefish Fragmocone Zoology 010501 environmental sciences Aquatic Science Biology Oceanography 01 natural sciences lcsh:Oceanography Morphometric analysis lcsh:QH540-549.5 lcsh:GC1-1581 lcsh:Ecology Development of the gonads education D orbigny 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Helgoland Marine Research, Vol 73, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1438-3888 1438-387X |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s10152-019-0531-0 |
| Popis: | Analysis of 322 cuttlebones of Sepia bertheloti caught in the waters of the Northwest Africa showed significant differences in growth between males and females. Morphometric analysis revealed a relatively different cuttlebone growth pattern between sexes, with males presenting faster growth in length to reach larger sizes and females displaying greater growth in width. This difference in cuttlebone growth is related to female gonadal development and the subsequent increase of the paleal cavity, providing more support and space to accommodate a higher number of oocytes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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