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Characteristics

  1. Arms
    1. Hooks in medial two armature series on arms I-III.

  2. Tentacles
    1. Tentacles present in subadults.
    2. Tentacular club without hooks.
    3. Suckers of tentacular club in numerous irregular series; suckers about equal in size.
    4. Proximal locking-apparatus of club with suckers and knobs medial to 2-3 small ridges and grooves.
    5. Figure. Oral view of the tentacle of E. tinro. Drawing from Nesis (1972).


      Figure. Oral view of the tentacular club of E. tinro, 65 mm ML, 45°07'N, 162°53'E. Drawing from Fields and Gauley (1971).

  3. Head
    1. Beaks. Descriptions can be found here: Lower beak; upper beak. See also this site.
    2. Radula with teeth in 5 series.

  4. Mantle
    1. Mantle tissue flabby.

  5. Fins
    1. Fins sagittate, drawn out posteriorly into a short tail.

  6. Photophores
    1. Photophores absent.

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Kubodera, Tsunemi, F. G. Hochberg, Richard E. Young, and Michael Vecchione.2006. Eogonatus Nesis, 1972. Eogonatus tinro Nesis, 1972. Version 31 May 2006.http://dev.tolweb.org/Eogonatus_tinro/19766/2006.05.31 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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