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Histioteuthis berryi Voss, 1969

Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione
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Holotype 47 mm ML, male. Deposited at USNM #576079.
Containing group: Histioteuthidae

Introduction

Histioteuthis berryi is known from a small number individuals, none of which is mature. The largest known specimen has a ML of 49 mm. Paralarval stages are unknown. The species occupies the subtropical and temperate region of the North Pacific.

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Figure. Ventrolateral view of H. berryi, off California, preserved. Photograph by R. Young.

Diagnosis

A histioteuthid ...

Characteristics

  1. Head
    1. Beaks: Descriptions can be found here: Lower beak; upper beak.

  2. Photophores
    1. Head photophores with type 2b pattern (e.g., 2 photophores in Midline Series, 4 in Basal Arm IV Row).
    2. Arms IV with 4 longitudinal series on arm base.
  3. Suckers
    1. Rings on enlarged median suckers of club manus with 28-34 small, sharp, narrow teeth around entire margin.

Comments

More details of the description can be found here.

Species of the corona-group are distinguished by the following characteristics:

  1. Photophores
    1. Type 2 head-photophore pattern (e.g., 2 Midline Series photophores, 3 or 4 Basal Arm IV Row photophores and no rogue photophore) .
    2. Basal Row with 7 photophores.
    3. Right Basal Series present.
    4. Arms IV without separate series of compound photophores at arm tip.
    5. Compound photophores on anterior half of ventral mantle uniform in size.
  2. Arms
    1. Suckers with smooth rings on arms I-III except at distal ends and occasionally on basal suckers.
    2. Suckers of arms IV with dentition.
  3. Tubercles
    1. Absent

The following table compares differences among members of the corona-group. H. cerasina and H. corona are very similar but occupy different oceans.

Character Photophores
Arms IV
No. of series
Suckers
Dentition
Manus, large
H. corona 3 33-38
H. berryi 4 28-34
H. cerasina 3 40-60

Except for the analysis of head photophores, this description is from Voss (1969) and Voss, et al. (1998).

Nomenclature

Voss, et al. (1998) consider this taxon as the subspecies H. corona berryi.

Distribution

Geograpical distribution

Type locality: Off Southern California, 29°17'N, 125°41'W. H. berryi is known from 26-37°N in the central and eastern Pacific (Voss, et al., 1998).

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Figure. Distribution chart for H. berryi, modified from Voss, et al. (1998).

References

Voss, N. A. 1969. A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic: The family Histioteuthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci., 19: 713-867.

Voss, N.A., K. N. Nesis, P. G. Rodhouse. 1998. The cephalopod family Histioteuthidae (Oegopsida): Systematics, biology, and biogeography. Smithson. Contr. Zool., 586(2): 293-372.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Histioteuthis berryi
Reference Voss, N. A. 1969. A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic: The family Histioteuthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci., 19: 713-867.
Sex Male
Size 47 mm ML
Type holotype
Copyright © 1969 Bulletin of Marine Science
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Drawing from Voss (1969, p. 782, fig. 20a) printed with the Permission of the Bulletin of Marine Science.


University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA


National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. , USA

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