Promachoteuthis sulcus
Richard E. Young and Michael VecchioneIntroduction
Promachoteuthis sulcus (first known as Promachoteuthis sp. C on this page) is known from a single, small (25 mm ML, sex unknown) but distinctive individual from great depths in the south Atlantic Ocean.
Brief diagnosis:
A promachoteuthid...- with nuchal fusion between head and mantle.
- with arm suckers much larger than club suckers.
- with tentacle base wider than arm base.
- with recessed club base and aboral tentacle groove.
Characteristics
- Arms
- Arm suckers much larger than club suckers.
- Suckers in three series on all arms.
- Tentacles
- At base tentacle thick, about 2x diameter of arm III.
- Tentacle stalk with deep groove on aboral surface.
- Club suckers tiny (0.014 mm diam), in numerous irregular rows.
- Sucker-bearing club recessed at tapering, proximal end; surrounding lateral and aboral tissue with thick folds.
- Tentacles heavily pigmented at base but not forming a well-defined band.
- Head
- Head fused to mantle in nuchal region.
- Fins
- Fins terminal with anterior and posterior lobes. Each fin approximately circular in outline.
Comments
More details of the description of P. sulcus can be found here.Clubs were slightly abraided so the number of suckers in a transverse series could not be determined. The largest number of those present was 12 suckers across. The specimen is an immature female. The mantle was cut open prior to fixation by a previous investigator. The label in the specimen jar states that the ML is 40 mm; the squid currently measures 25 mm ML.
Distribution
Type locality: 36°49'S, 12°17'W off Tristan Da Cunha, south Atlantic Ocean. Captured from WALTHER HERWIG at 1750-2000 m depth (open net).
About This Page
Richard E. Young
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. , USA
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Young, Richard E. and Vecchione, Michael. 2007. Promachoteuthis sulcus http://tolweb.org/Promachoteuthis_sulcus/19531/2007.05.30 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
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