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in open nets fished at 334-1 540 m. The largest has a mantle length
of 6-2 cm (Verrill, 1881a). One of the specimens was removed from a
fish stomach.
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FIG. 27. Change in form during growth of BrachioteuChi.9 r&ei after Pfeffer (1912,
Plate 26, Figs. 16, 13, 7, 3). All from the ventral aide. Mantle lengths in cm are
indicated.
3. Brachioteuthis bowmani Russell, 1909
This species may only be a race of B. beani (Grimpe, 1933). It is
only known from the type specimen taken a t 61’27” 3’42’W, north of
Scotland in a depth of 778 m (i.e. to the bottom). The type is a female
with a mantle length of 6.1 cm.
4. Brachioteuthis picta Chun, 1910a
This species has been recorded in the North Atlantic a t 51’37”
12’1’W (Massy, 1916a, 1928a) in the South Atlantic at 5’6” 9’58’W
(Chun, 1910a) and in the south Indian Ocean at 43’19‘s 93’56’E
(Dell, 1959a). It was taken with open nets fished to a maximum of