Journal of Plankton Research, Vol 21, 401-404, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press
A Arkhipkin and B Seibel
Statolith microstructure was studied in hatchlings of deepwater-spawned
gonatid squid Gonatus onyx, caught between 1350 and
1420 m over a bottom depth of 2100 m in the San Clemente Basin off San
Diego, California. It was found that the shape and size of the hatchling
statolith were similar to those of the first-check statolith observed in
paralarvae and small juveniles of G.onyx. The inner
part of the bipartite postnuclear zone (= first-check statolith) is formed
during late embryo-genesis, and the first check within the statolith
microstructure must be considered as a starting point of increment counting
for age estimation of Gonatus spp.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Short communication. Statolith microstructure from hatchlings of the oceanic squid, Gonatus onyx (Cephalopoda, Gonatidae) from the Northeast Pacific
Atlantic Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (AtlantNIRO), 5 Dm. Donskoy Street, Kaliningrad, 236000, Russia; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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