%0 Journal Article
%T Comparative Taxonomical Studies on the Egyptian Red Sea Cephalopods (Cephalopoda: Mollusca)
%A Rafik Riad
%J Open Journal of Marine Science
%P 61-82
%@ 2161-7392
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojms.2022.123005
%X <span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Cephalopods are known to be commercially important around the world.
Worth mentioning it constitutes a major part of the Egyptian fishing industry.
Samples of cephalopods were collected from fishing boats in the Suez Gulf and
Egyptian Red Sea. Cuttlefishes, squids, and octopuses had their club of the
tentacle, arm IV hectocotylus, sucker of the club of the tentacle, sucker ring
of the club of the tentacle, arm sucker, arm sucker ring, radula, gill, and
shell. Various organs were photographed using a Canon G7X</span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\">digital Camera. Eleven
Egyptian Red Sea cephalopod species were encountered; three of them are cuttlefish
species namely: <i>Sepia</i> <i>dollfusi</i>, <i>Sepia</i> <i>pharaonis</i>,
and <i>Sepia</i> <i>elongat</i>a. Three squid species namely: <i>Loligo</i> <i>forbesii</i>, <i>Uroteuthis</i> <i>Photololigo</i> <i>duvaucelii</i>,
and <i>Sepioteuthis</i> <i>lessoniana</i> were also encountered. Five octopus species were also recorded namely: <i>Octopus</i> <i>vulgaris</i>, <i>Callistoctopus</i> <i>macropus</i>, <i>Macrotritopus</i> <i>defilippi</i>, <i>Amphyoctopus</i> <i>aegina</i>, and <i>Amphyoctopus</i> <i>membranaceus</i>. Aims of the current
work are to differentiate between some Cephalopod species living in the Red Sea
of Egypt and evaluate the status to achieve a reliable differentiation between
these species.</span><br />
%K Comparative Cephalopods
%K Egyptian
%K Red Sea
%K Taxonomy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=118258