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Magnapinna sp. B

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Magnapinna sp. B
Specimen of Magnapinna sp. B
(95-millimetre or 3.7-inch ML)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Magnapinnidae
Genus: Magnapinna
Species:
M. sp. B
Binomial name
Magnapinna sp. B

Magnapinna sp. B is an undescribed species of bigfin squid known only from a single immature specimen collected in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

Description

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It is characterised by its dark epidermal pigmentation, which is epithelial, as opposed to the chromatophoral pigmentation found in other Magnapinna species.

Discovery

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The only known specimen of Magnapinna sp. B is a juvenile male of 95-millimetre (3.7 in) mantle length (ML) held in the Bergen Museum. It was caught by the R/V G.O. SARS (MAR-ECO cruise super station 46, local station 374) on July 11, 2004, at 42°48′N 29°18′W / 42.8°N 29.3°W / 42.8; -29.3.

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