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Table 2 Disk status in 45 species of snailfishes visualized in micro-CT

From: Habitat influences skeletal morphology and density in the snailfishes (family Liparidae)

Species

Collection Depth (m)

Minimum Depth (m)

Maximum Depth (m)

Disk Present?

Acantholiparis opercularis

1000

300

3609

No

Allocareproctus kallaion

441

278

458

Yes

Allocareproctus tanix

158

104

620

Yes

Allocareproctus unangas

387

176

465

Yes

Careproctus acanthodes

150

114

582

Yes

Careproctus bowersianus

848

629

1032

Yes

Careproctus colletti

994

200

1556

Yes

Careproctus comus

303

146

400

Yes

Careproctus cypselurus

1017

214

1993

Yes

Careproctus faunus

348

120

422

Yes

Careproctus furcellus

933

98

1270

Yes

Careproctus longifilis

–

1900

3499

Yes

Careproctus ostentum

332

165

700

No*

Careproctus ovigerus

1109

1109

2910

Yes

Careproctus phasma

76

57

184

Yes

Careproctus scottae

203

71

390

Yes

Careproctus simus

455

213

819

Yes

Careproctus staufferi

256

205

366

Yes

Crystallichthys cyclospilus

120

54

312

Yes

Elassodiscus nyctereutes

616

362

1200

No

Elassodiscus tremebundus

700

130

1248

No

Liparis bristolensis

10

10

144

Yes

Liparis fabricii

28

0

520

Yes

Liparis florae

0

0

15

Yes

Liparis fucensis

45

0

388

Yes

Liparis gibbus

38

30

540

Yes

Liparis greeni

0

0

21

Yes

Liparis pulchellus

33

9

183

Yes

Liparis rutteri

38

0

73

Yes

Liparis tessellatus

34

34

346

Yes

Liparis tunicatus

43.8

0

620

Yes

Lipariscus nanus

477

58

910

No

Lopholiparis flerxi

278

121

285

Yes

Nectoliparis pelagicus

392

200

–

No

Paraliparis cephalus

622

294

1799

No

Paraliparis dactylosus

869

212

1073

No

Paraliparis grandis

834

105

1995

No

Paraliparis holomelas

188

55

2972

No

Paraliparis paucidens

1018

950

2275

No

Paraliparis pectoralis

950

308

1536

No

Paraliparis rosaceus

999

999

3358

No

Paraliparis ulochir

1018

182

1900

No

Pseudoliparis swirei

7949

6198

8098

Yes

Rhinoliparis attenuatus

1018

350

2189

No

Temnocora candida

238

64

400

Yes

  1. Minimum and maximum depth are provided for reference. *The externally visible suction disk of Careproctus ostentum was not evident in the scan. Depth sources are shown in Table 4