Presencia de dos ejemplares de pulpos de velos o pulpo manta (Tremoctopus v. violaceus) en una playa de la isla de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias)
- Castañeyra Ruiz, Agustín
- Perdomo Ramos, Carlos
- Medina, Rafael
- Castañeyra Perdomo, Agustín Lorenzo
- Carmona Calero, Emilia María
- Castañeyra Ruiz, Leandro
ISSN: 1697-5529
Year of publication: 2011
Issue: 7
Pages: 31-37
Type: Article
More publications in: Majorensis: Revista Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología
Abstract
This paper describes the presence on the Fuerteventura Island (Canary Islands) of two female octopuses that, by their morphological characteristics, could correspond to the so-called Palmate octopus or Blanket octopus (Tremoctopus v. violaceus). Since, they are provided with a long webs semi-transparent membranous, connecting the dorsals and dorsolaterals arms. The other arms, ventrals and ventrolaterals, are shorter and lack of webs.