TABLE I. DETAILS OF THE TYPE S P E C ~ N
OF EACH SPECIES IN THE GENUS Architeuthia WITH COMMENTS
ON NAMES IN THE LITERATURE
Name
Author
Date
Locality
How cuzlght
Type material
Comments
B
A. pranceps
A . haweyi
A . m w h u a
A . dux
A . phyaeteria
A . japonka
A . eancti-pauli
A . stocki
A . vemilli
A . longimanua
A . kirki
A . grandia
A . clarkei
A . nuwaji
A . hartingii
A . titan
A . martenaii
A . mouchezi
Verrill
Verrill
steenatrup
Steenstrup
Joubin
Pfeffer
Velain
Kirk
Kirk
Kirk
Robson
Owen
Robson
Cadenat
Verrill
Hilgendorf
1875
1879
1867
1898
1900
1912
1877
1880
1880
1880
1887
1881
1933
1935
1880
1880
9N. Atlantic
Newfoundland
Jutland
31'N 76"W
38'34" 29"37'W
Awa Prov. Japan
St. Paul Island
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand
England
Bay of Biscay
-
Japan
A . proboacideua More
A . bouyeri
Crosse and Fischerl862 Btw. Madeira & Teneriffe
1875b Dingle (Ireland)
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sperm stomach
beaks
herring net
dead a t surface
beaks
dead at surface
vomited
body
in fishing net
complete animal
stranded
only description and photo
stranded
complete snimal
complete animal
stranded
stranded
complete snimal
complete animal
stranded
complete animal
stranded
caught by Palombe complete animal
complete animal in parts
arm, suckers and pen
F
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0
!
d
0
arm
-
-
buccal mass
proof name for A. dux
same specimen as
A. eancti-pauli
in Market
debris, pen, fins
stranded
description and figure
dead at surface
only description