Male of Ocythoe tuberculata Raf. (=Philonexis catenulatus, Fer.), Mediterranean, showing three stages, A, B, and C., in the development of the hectocotylus arm; h.cy, hectocotylus still in the cyst; c'y', spoon-shaped cyst at the end of the arm when freed
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Male of Ocythoe tuberculata Raf. (=Philonexis catenulatus, Fer.), Mediterranean, showing three stages, A, B, and C., in the development of the hectocotylus arm; h.cy, hectocotylus still in the cyst; c'y', spoon-shaped cyst at the end of the arm when freed; th, thread-like organ freed by the rupture of c'y'....
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- Ocythoidae
- Ocythoe
- Neocoleoidea
- Ocythoe tuberculata (Football octopus)
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