Holistic description of new deep sea megafauna (Cephalopoda: Cirrata) using a minimally invasive approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In zoology, species descriptions conventionally rely on invasive morphological techniques, frequently leading to damage of the specimens and thus only a partial understanding of their structural complexity. More recently, non-destructive imaging techniques have successfully been used to describe smaller fauna, but this approach has so far not been applied to identify or describe larger animal species. Here, we present a combination of entirely non-invasive as well as minimally invasive methods that permit taxonomic descriptions of large zoological specimens in a more comprehensive manner.

Results

Using the single available representative of an allegedly novel species of deep-sea cephalopod (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), digital photography, standardized external measure

SUBMITTER: Ziegler A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8063452 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature