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Cephalopod remains from a sperm whale caught off Vigo, Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

M. R. Clarke  and
N. MacLeod
M. R. Clarke
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth and Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley
N. MacLeod
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth and Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley
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A small collection of cephalopod beaks from the stomach of a sperm whale caught off Vigo is described, identified and the weight of cephalopods represented is estimated. Comparisons are made with a similar collection previously described from a whale caught off Madeira.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , November 1974 , pp. 959 - 968
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1974

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