MORPHOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMICAL STUDIES ON SOME CEPHALOPODS FROM THE SUEZ GULF AND RED SEA

MORPHOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMICAL STUDIES ON SOME
CEPHALOPODS FROM THE SUEZ GULF AND RED SEA
RAFIK RIAD
National institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Keywords: Cephalopods, Suez Gulf, Morphology, Taxonomy.

ABSTRACT
The cephalopod species were obtained from the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea. They
were belonging to three different Families, Sepiidae, Loligonidae and Octopodidae. Family
Sepiidae includes Sepia dollfusi, Sepia elongate and Sepia pharaonis. family Loligonidae
includes Loligo duvauceli and Loligo forbesi. On the other hand, the family Octopodidae
includes Octopus vulgaris, Octopus macropus, Octopus defilippi, Octopus aegena and
Octopus membranaceus. The morphology and taxonomy of these ten cephalopods were
studied and comparied with the results in other studies.