Abraliopsis atlantica
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| Abraliopsis atlantica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Enoploteuthidae |
| Genus: | Abraliopsis |
| Subgenus: | Pfefferiteuthis |
| Species: | A. atlantica |
| Binomial name | |
| Abraliopsis atlantica | |
Abraliopsis atlantica is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod found in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Benguela Current. Female oocytes are around 1 mm in length and number between 4,000 and 29,000 in mature females. There is a lack of information about the species and it is rated as data deficient by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to this. It was described by Kir Nesis in 1982.
Its ventral hooks are thrice as long as the dorsal hooks and the species lacks a carpal flap. Females live for up to five months and males live for up to three-and-a-half months. It has long arms and its hectocotylus contains two flaps of similar sizes and the species' ventral head contains three longitudinal stripes and its ventral mantle contains six, all of which are narrow. A. atlantica reaches a length of around 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in maturity.[3] Females have between 4,000 and 29,000 oocytes in maturity which are around 1 mm long. A 1999 study of fourteen female specimens found that they had mantle lengths of 17 to 35 millimetres (0.67 to 1.38 in).[1]