Chiroteuthis veranyifrom the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean (Cephalopoda: Chiroteuthidae)

Rodhouse, P. G.; Lu, C. C.. 1998 Chiroteuthis veranyifrom the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean (Cephalopoda: Chiroteuthidae). South African Journal of Marine Science, 20 (1). 311-322. https://doi.org/10.2989/025776198784126593

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Abstract/Summary

Chiroteuthis veranyi (Férussac, 1835) (Cephalopoda: Chiroteuthidae) from South Georgia is described from material collected during the British Antarctic Survey's Offshore Biological Programme. The material closely resembles C. veranyi from elsewhere and, in common with C. lacertosa, C. imperator and C. calyx, has two round photophores, one on each side of the ink sac. It also resembles C. lacertosa and C. calyx in the structure of the stalks of the club suckers, which consist of two portions: a broad cylindical basal portion terminates in a dark purple pleated "skirt" from which arises a slender, sucker-bearing distal portion. The Antarctic material has tentacular club suckers which possess, on the distal half of the ring, a prominent central recurved median tooth flanked by two triangular teeth on each side. The proximal half of the ring is smooth. The proximity of the location where the specimens were collected to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current suggests that the species may be widely distributed in the Southern Ocean.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.2989/025776198784126593
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN:	0257-7615
Date made live:	17 Dec 2013 13:42 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504309

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