Amphorateuthis alveatus

Taxobox
name = "Amphorateuthis alveatus"


image_caption = "Amphorateuthis alveatus" paratype no. 2
(15 mm ML)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiolida
familia = Sepiolidae
subfamilia = Heteroteuthinae
genus = "Amphorateuthis"
species = "A. alveatus"
binomial = "Amphorateuthis alveatus"
binomial_authority = Young, Vecchione & Roper, 2007

"Amphorateuthis alveatus" is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indian Ocean. It is characterised by unique modifications of the arms in males; mature males exhibit elongate suckers in numerous series on arm pairs II and IV.

"A. alveatus" is known from only four specimens. The holotype and paratype no. 1 were collected off western Tanzania at coord|6|51|S|39|54|E|scale:250000. Paratype no. 3 was caught at virtually the same locality in a 40 ft bottom trawl that fished to a depth of 100 m. Paratype no. 2 was taken at coord|6|48|S|39|51|E|scale:250000.

References

*Young, R.E., M. Vecchione & C.F.E. Roper 2007. A new genus and three new species of decapodiform cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). "Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries" 17(2–3): 353–365. DOI|10.1007/s11160-007-9044-z

External links

* [http://tolweb.org/Amphorateuthis_alveatus Tree of Life web project: "Amphorateuthis alveatus"]