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Paralarvae (sg.: paralarva) are
young cephalopods in the
planktonic stages between hatchling and subadult. This
stage differs from the
larval stage of...
- The
family is
characterized by
tentacles which cease to grow
after the
paralarval stage, and the use of a ****,
instead of a hectocotylus.
Genus Octopoteuthis...
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during capture. The
Chiroteuthidae are most
notable for
their unique paralarval stage,
known as the
doratopsis stage.
Although morphology varies greatly...
- have
suggested more than one
species may
exist due to
differences in the
paralarval morphology.
Paralarva is the
first free-living
stage for cephalopods....
- Left:
Immature specimens of
Chiroteuthis veranyi. In this
paralarval form,
known as the
doratopsis stage, the pen is
longer than the
mantle and 'neck'...
- (2007-05-01). "Identification,
distribution and
relative abundance of
paralarval gonatid squids (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida: Gonatidae) from the Gulf of Alaska...
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family Magnapinnidae.
Although the
family was
described only from larval,
paralarval, and
juvenile specimens,
numerous video observations of much
larger squid...
- Like
other members of the genus, T.
fimbria lacks tentacles beyond small paralarval stages, has arms
bearing two rows of
sheathed hooks (instead of suckers)...
- the
midline of the body". This tail may be lost with age (as in most
paralarval chiroteuthids) or
remain through ****ual
maturity (as in Grimalditeuthis)...
- M. Sakai, T.
Wakabayashi & T.
Ichii (2009). The
relationship between paralarval feeding and
morphological changes in the
proboscis and
beaks of the neon...
