Morphological Characteristics and DNA Barcoding of the Rare Blanket Octopus <i>Tremoctopus violaceus</i> (Cephalopoda: Tremoctopodidae) in the Adriatic Sea
Tremoctopods are epipelagic argonautoid octopods characterized by their expanded dorsal webs and strong sexual size dimorphism, with dwarfed males. The scarcity of taxonomic features attributed to this genus presents a challenge, and there is growing evidence of species misidentification in <i>...
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MDPI AG
2023-06-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/6/794 |