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(Nov 2020)
The First In Situ Observation of the Ram’s Horn Squid <em>Spirula spirula</em> Turns “Common Knowledge” Upside Down
Dhugal J. Lindsay,
James C. Hunt,
Mardi McNeil,
Robin J. Beaman,
Michael Vecchione
Affiliations
Dhugal J. Lindsay
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan
James C. Hunt
Department of Biological Sciences, East Stroudsburg University, 200 Prospect Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, USA
Mardi McNeil
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, QLD, Australia
Robin J. Beaman
College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, QLD, Australia
Michael Vecchione
NOAA/NMFS National Systematics Lab., National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, USA
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120449
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12,
no. 12
Abstract
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The ram’s horn squid Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) is the only extant cephalopod with an internal calcareous, chambered shell that is coiled, making it the sole living representative of the once speciose order Spirulida [...]
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