Figure. P. levimana, neotype, 60 mm ML, arm III, sucker 9. Left - Oral view. Right - Oblique lateral view.
Figure. P. levimana, neotype, 60 mm ML, arm III, sucker 9 (same sucker). Top - Oblique distal view. Bottom - Oblique proximal view.
Figure. P. levimana, 70 mm ML, arm III, sucker 9. Left - Oral view. Right - Oblique lateral view.
Figure. P. levimana, 70 mm ML, arm III, sucker 9 (same sucker). Oblique proximal view.
Comments
The number of teeth on the 70 mm ML specimen is noticeably greater than on the 60 mm ML specimen.
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Planctoteuthis levimana: Scanning electron microscopy of suckers
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