Resumen

CARDOSO, Franz  y  HOCHBERG, F.G. First record of depth octopus Muusoctopus longibrachus (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) for Peruvian sea. Rev. peru biol. [online]. 2014, vol.21, n.2, pp.179-182. ISSN 1727-9933.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v21i2.9822.

The octopus deep-sea Muusoctopus longibrachus (Ibañez et al. 2006) is recorded for the first time in the Peruvian sea. Two male specimens were caught at 852 - 875 m depth between 05°08'S and 09°18'S. This species was known only from Chile, in the present study extends its distribution north to Peru.

Palabras clave : Enteroctopodidae; Muusoctopus; New record; Peru.

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