Promachoteuthis sloani

Taxobox
name = "Promachoteuthis sloani"


image_caption = Holotype of "Promachoteuthis sloani"
(58 mm ML)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
ordo = Teuthida
subordo = Oegopsina
familia = Promachoteuthidae
genus = "Promachoteuthis"
species = "P. sloani"
binomial = "Promachoteuthis sloani"
binomial_authority = Young, Vecchione & Piatkowski, 2006

"Promachoteuthis sloani" is a species of squid from the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is known from only two specimens and very little is understood of its biology. "P. sloani" is characterised by several morphological features: nuchal fusion is absent between the head and mantle, the arms generally bear 3-4 series of suckers, and papillae are present on the tentacles.

The holotype is an immature female of 58 mm mantle length (ML) in near-perfect condition. It was caught by R/V G.O. SARS in 2004 at coord|53|05|N|36|46|W|scale:250000. The paratype, also an immature female, is larger at 102 mm ML. It was caught by R/V "Walther Herwig" in 1973 at coord|46|00|N|15|49|W|scale:250000. Both were trawled in nets that fished to depths greater than 2,650 m.

References

*Toll, R.B. 1998. The gladius is teuthoid systematics. "Smithson. Contr. Zool." 586: 55-68.
*Young, R.E., M. Vecchione & U. Piatkowski 2006. [http://www.mar-eco.no/__data/page/709/104_Promacho_sloani.pdf "Promachoteuthis sloani", a new species of the squid family Promachoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)] . "Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" 119(2):287–292.

External links

* [http://tolweb.org/Promachoteuthis_sloani Tree of Life web project: "Promachoteuthis sloani"]
* [http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=807 "Promachoteuthis sloani": Description Continued]