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MbLUOLM R. ULARKE
A. Architeuthis
In the western North Atlantic (Fig. 2) members of the genus have
been recorded on the west coast of Greenland (Posselt, 1898; MUUS,
1962), along the north, east and south coasts of Newfoundland (Packard, 1873; Harvey, 1874; Kent, 18748,b; Verrill, 1875a, 1876, 1879b,
1881, 1882c,d,e; Frost, 1934, 1936), Nova Scotia (Verrill, 1879b),
north of the Bahamas at 31"N 76"W (Steenstrup, 1898), Massachusetts
(Blake, 1909), Florida (Webb, 1897; Voss, 1956a) and on the Mississippi
delta (Voss, 1956b). In the eastern North Atlantic they have been
found around Iceland (Steenstrup, 1894; Murray and Hjort, 1912;
Bardarson, 1919; Bruun 1945), Spitzbergen (Dons, 1910 in Grimpe
1933), the Faroes (Posselt, 1890), the west coast of Norway (NordgBrd,
1923, 1928; Grieg, 1933b; Kjennerud, 1958), north and west Denmark
(Steenstrup, 1857, 1862, 1898; Knudsen, 1957), southern Sweden
(Steenstrup, 1857), the east, north and west of the British Isles (summaries in Robson, 1933; Rees, 1950; Stephen, 1962), the Bay of Biscay
(Cadenat, 1935, 1936), the Azores (Joubin, 1895a, 1900; Girard,
1892b; Robert Clarke, 1955; Keil, 1963), Madeira (Rees and Maul,
1956; Clarke, 1962a) and a very large squid probably of this genus
between Madeira and the Canaries (Crosse and Fischer, 1862). In the
North Pacific they have been taken around the Kuril Islands (Betasheva
and Akimushkin, 1955; Akimushkin, 1963), Japan (Hilgendorf, 1880;
Mitsukuri and Ikeda, 1895; Sasaki, 1929a), the Bonin Islands (Iwai,
1956a). In the southern hemisphere there are several records from
New Zedand (Kirk, 1880b, 1882, 1888; Dell, 1952) one from Australia
(Allan, 1948) and one from the small Indian Ocean island of Saint
Paul (Vdain, 1877). The author has specimens taken from Sperm
whale stomachs caught near Durban and Saldanha Bay, South Africa
(unpublished).
Records from Antarctic waters based on fragments (Korabelnikov,
1959) need confirmation because other very large squids are found in
the region which have not yet been described and confusion between
fragments is possible.
Nearly all records of Architeuthis are from Newfoundland (24 were
examined), northern Europe (39) and New Zealand (11). Most were
found after they had become stranded and this has invited speculation
on the reason for their prevalence in the three regions. That the distribution does not merely reflect the whereabouts of teuthologists or
areas of high population is shown by the paucity of observations in
some regions which have at some time held teuthologists and fairly
large populations such as the western and lower eastern United
States and the Mediterranean. It was early noticed that most strand-
MbLUOLM R. ULARKE
A. Architeuthis
In the western North Atlantic (Fig. 2) members of the genus have
been recorded on the west coast of Greenland (Posselt, 1898; MUUS,
1962), along the north, east and south coasts of Newfoundland (Packard, 1873; Harvey, 1874; Kent, 18748,b; Verrill, 1875a, 1876, 1879b,
1881, 1882c,d,e; Frost, 1934, 1936), Nova Scotia (Verrill, 1879b),
north of the Bahamas at 31"N 76"W (Steenstrup, 1898), Massachusetts
(Blake, 1909), Florida (Webb, 1897; Voss, 1956a) and on the Mississippi
delta (Voss, 1956b). In the eastern North Atlantic they have been
found around Iceland (Steenstrup, 1894; Murray and Hjort, 1912;
Bardarson, 1919; Bruun 1945), Spitzbergen (Dons, 1910 in Grimpe
1933), the Faroes (Posselt, 1890), the west coast of Norway (NordgBrd,
1923, 1928; Grieg, 1933b; Kjennerud, 1958), north and west Denmark
(Steenstrup, 1857, 1862, 1898; Knudsen, 1957), southern Sweden
(Steenstrup, 1857), the east, north and west of the British Isles (summaries in Robson, 1933; Rees, 1950; Stephen, 1962), the Bay of Biscay
(Cadenat, 1935, 1936), the Azores (Joubin, 1895a, 1900; Girard,
1892b; Robert Clarke, 1955; Keil, 1963), Madeira (Rees and Maul,
1956; Clarke, 1962a) and a very large squid probably of this genus
between Madeira and the Canaries (Crosse and Fischer, 1862). In the
North Pacific they have been taken around the Kuril Islands (Betasheva
and Akimushkin, 1955; Akimushkin, 1963), Japan (Hilgendorf, 1880;
Mitsukuri and Ikeda, 1895; Sasaki, 1929a), the Bonin Islands (Iwai,
1956a). In the southern hemisphere there are several records from
New Zedand (Kirk, 1880b, 1882, 1888; Dell, 1952) one from Australia
(Allan, 1948) and one from the small Indian Ocean island of Saint
Paul (Vdain, 1877). The author has specimens taken from Sperm
whale stomachs caught near Durban and Saldanha Bay, South Africa
(unpublished).
Records from Antarctic waters based on fragments (Korabelnikov,
1959) need confirmation because other very large squids are found in
the region which have not yet been described and confusion between
fragments is possible.
Nearly all records of Architeuthis are from Newfoundland (24 were
examined), northern Europe (39) and New Zealand (11). Most were
found after they had become stranded and this has invited speculation
on the reason for their prevalence in the three regions. That the distribution does not merely reflect the whereabouts of teuthologists or
areas of high population is shown by the paucity of observations in
some regions which have at some time held teuthologists and fairly
large populations such as the western and lower eastern United
States and the Mediterranean. It was early noticed that most strand-