“…Recent advances in molecular techniques have greatly enhanced the identification of mollusk species, in particular the cephalopods (Brierly & Thorpe, 1994;Colombo et al, 2002;Santaclara, Espiñeira & Vieites, 2007;Leite, Haimovici, Molina & Warnke, 2008;Warnke, Soller, Blohm & Saint-Paul, 2000). The majority of studies have involved the identification of processed fishery products, based on comparative analyses of fragment length of mitochondrial DNA or nuclear genes, in particular 5S rDNA Céspedes et al, 1999;Cocolin, D'Agaro, Manzano, Lanari & Comi, 2000;Pinhal et al, 2008;Quinteiro et al, 1998;Russel et al, 2000;Wolf, Rentsch & Hübner, 1999).…”