Australiteuthis aldrichi

Taxobox
name = "Australiteuthis aldrichi"


image_caption = Holotype of "Australiteuthis aldrichi"
(21.3 mm ML)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Teuthida
subordo = Myopsina
familia = Australiteuthidae
familia_authority = Lu, 2005
species = "A. aldrichi"
binomial = "Australiteuthis aldrichi"
binomial_authority = Lu, 2005

"Australiteuthis aldrichi" is a small species of squid from northern Australian waters. It was described by Chung Cheng Lu in 2005 based on specimens collected in inshore waters of Northern Australia. The largest known individual of this species is a mature female measuring 27.6 mm in mantle length (ML). The holotype is a mature male of 21.3 mm ML. "A. aldrichi" has never been seen alive.

"A. aldrichi" is characterised by several unique morphological features. It has an unusual funnel locking-apparatus which contains a boomerang-shaped groove. Its fins are separated from each other and possess posterior lobes. The ink sac contains a dumbbell-shaped photophore.

The species is named after Frederick Allen Aldrich (1927-1991), a prominent teuthologist and former Moses Harvey Professor of Marine Biology at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

References

*Lu, C.C. 2005. A new family of myopsid squid from Australasian waters (Cephalopoda: Teuthida). P. 71-82. "In:" Chotiyaputta, C., E.M.C. Hatfield & C.C. Lu (eds.). Cephalopod biology, recruitment and culture. International Cephalopod Symposium and Workshop, 17-21 Feb. 2003. "Research Bulletin, Phyuket Marine Biological Center", No. 66, Published by the Center Phuket, Thailand, July 2005, 365 pp.

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Australiteuthis_aldrichi Tree of Life web project: "Australiteuthis aldrichi"]
* [http://www.tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=3153 "Australiteuthis aldrichi": Description continued]