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Table 1 Sepioline pair data

From: Observations on mating in Mediterranean Sepiola and Sepietta species and review of mating behaviour in Sepiolinae (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)

Species

Sex

Mantle length (mm)

Head width (mm)

Body mass (g)

Date of capture

Mating day

1st spawning day/number of laid eggs

Day of death

Sepiola affinis

Female

14.8

13.5

1.8

22.2.88

65th

80th/39

86th

Male

18.5

17.4

3.8

1.4.88

27th

30th

Sepiola affinis

Female

14.0

13.5

1.7

22.6.88

16th

17th/44

26th

Male

18.8

16.0

2.4

23.2.88

135th

137th

Sepiola intermedia

Female

17.2

14.7

2.8

16.2.89

1st

No spawning

5th

Male

19.2

18.3

4.1

16.2.89

1st

5th

Sepietta obscura

Female

16.8

17.3

3.7

4.5.88

58th

67th/113

81st

Male

23.3

15.0

5.5.88

57th

68th

  1. Measurements taken post-mortem