Familia Diceratiidae

Diceratiidae

by E. Bertelsen and T. W. Pietsch

Females distinct from other ceratioids (except juvenile Ceratiidae) in having a photophore on second cephalic finray, external and clubshaped in juveniles, except for a pore covered by skin of head in older specimens. D 5-7; A 4. Skin spines present, minute in Phrynichthys. Males unknown.

Genera 2; in Clofnam area 1.

Recent revision: Uwate (1979).

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