Asperoteuthis mangoldae

Taxobox
name = "Asperoteuthis mangoldae"


image_caption = "Asperoteuthis mangoldae" paratype
(100 mm ML)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Teuthida
subordo = Oegopsina
familia = Chiroteuthidae
genus = "Asperoteuthis"
species = "A. alveatus"
binomial = "Asperoteuthis mangoldae"
binomial_authority = Young, Vecchione & Roper, 2007

"Asperoteuthis mangoldae", previously known as "Asperoteuthis" sp. A, is a chiroteuthid squid known only from the waters off the Hawaiian Islands. It differs from the closely related "Asperoteuthis acanthoderma" in lacking integumental tubercles and elongate fins. This species also possesses a characteristic curved groove in its funnel locking-apparatus.

"A. alveatus" is known from 18 specimens. The holotype was collected in an opening-closing trawl in Hawaiian waters at a depth of 820–870 m. The coordinates of the type locality are coord|21|25|N|158|20.5|W|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://www.tolweb.org/Asperoteuthis_mangoldae Tree of Life web project: "Asperoteuthis mangoldae"]