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

doi:10.3390/d12120449

Diversity (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
p. 449

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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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ISSN: 1424-2818 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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