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Table 1 Biological characteristics of collected cephalopods in this study

From: Microbial diversity and pigment synthesis in the accessory nidamental gland: species-specific and color-associated patterns in bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)

Sample

name

Species

(common name)

ML

(cm)

BW

(g)

GW

(g)

ANGW

(g)

GSI

(%)

ASI

(%)

Gonad stage

Se1

Sepia esculenta

(Golden cuttlefish)

15

307.4

7.7

3.6

2.50

1.17

Mature

Se2

14.6

336.9

9.6

4.4

2.85

1.31

Mature

Se3

14

317.4

8.8

6.1

2.77

1.92

Mature

Ue1

Uroteuthis edulis

(Swordtip squid)

18

141.5

4

0.4

2.83

0.28

Mature

Ue2

20

167.8

7

0.6

4.17

0.36

Mature

Ue3

20.5

203.9

9.2

0.4

4.51

0.20

Mature

Ue4

17

126.7

7.6

0.2

6.00

0.16

Mature

Ue5

19.5

147.6

9.9

0.5

6.71

0.34

Mature

Ue6

21.3

202.6

9.1

0.3

4.49

0.15

Mature

Sl1

Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Bigfin reef squid)

30.5

1227

4.3

0.7

0.35

0.06

Mature

Sl2

27.5

841.9

4.6

0.7

0.55

0.08

Maturing

Sl3

30

1087.6

12.8

1.3

1.18

0.12

Mature

Sl4

19.8

405.2

0.9

0.4

0.22

0.10

Maturing

Sl5

30

1154.7

20.6

1.7

1.78

0.15

Mature

Sl6

29

1167.3

18.2

1.9

1.56

0.16

Mature

Sl7

26.5

784.7

32.2

2.3

4.10

0.29

Mature

Sl8

25.9

734.8

11.9

0.9

1.62

0.12

Mature

  1. BL, Mantle length; BW, body weight; GW, gonad weight; ANGW, accessory nidamental gland weight; GSI, gonadosomatic index; ASI, ANG-somatic index