Abraliopsis chuni
Kotaro TsuchiyaIntroduction
A. chuni is based on the illustration of the enoploteuthid squid from the Indian North Equatorial Current in Chun (1910). Details of morphology and distribution are still unertain.Characteristics
- Tentacle clubs
- Two rows of distinct different-sized hooks on manus.
- Carpal flap and aboral keel present.
- Arms
- Arms IV relatively long.
- Hectocotylus and male sexual dimorphism
- Male hectocotylization uncertain.
- Integumental Photophores
- Ventral mantle with six narrow longitudinal stripes of large integumental organs and scattered intermediate small organs between stripes; a distinct wide mid-ventral photophore-less strip present.
- Ventral head with three narrow, longitudinal stripes and some intermediate scattered organs between them.
- Stripes of organs along ventral side of arm III and dorsal side of arm IV are interrupted.
Distribution
Geographical Distribution
Tropical Indo-West Pacific, from eastern Africa to Line Island. Mainly equatorial species (Nesis, 1982/87)References
Okutani, T. 1974. Epipelagic decapod cephalopods collected by midwater tows during the EASTROPAC Expedition, 1967-1968 (systematic part). Bulletin of Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, 80:29-118.
Nesis, K. N. 1982. Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 385+ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.). Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp.
Young, R.E. 1972. The systematics and areal distribution of pelagic cephalopods from the sea off southern California. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology, 97:1-159.
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