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MALCOLM R. OLAREE
29' 10" 87'65'W. It has been caught with open nets fished to depths
of 330-1 290 m. The largest has a mantle length of 4.1 cm (Voss, 1968).
C. Taningia
A genus with only one species.
1. Taningia danae Joubin, 1931
? Enoploteuthis Molinae Harting, 1861
Cucioteuthis unguiculatus Joubin, 1898a, 1900
Cucioteuthis unguicukztus Clarke, R. 1956
Cucioteuthis unguicukzta Rees and Maul, 1956
Cucioteuthis unguicukzta Clarke, M. R. 1962a
Adults of the species have been taken off the Azores (Joubin, 1898a,
1900; R. Clarke, 1956),off Madeira (Rees and Maul, 1956; Clarke, 1962a),
off Durban (Clarke, in press) and from the Indian Ocean (Harting, 1861),
while juveniles have been taken in the Atlantic at 14' 62" 28'04'W
(Joubin, 1931) and 2'43's OO"56' W (Clarke, in press). The juveniles
were taken in open nets fished at 100 m and 175 m. The largest specimen
described is about 140.0 cm in mantle length (Clarke, 1962a) while
the smallest is 2.85 cm (Clarke, in press). During growth the arms, head
and fin become shorter and the head, mantle and fin become narrower
relative to the mantle length. One of the specimens contained sand
grains and bits of iron oxide in the stomach. This, coupled with the
fact that most of the specimens from Durban are in a mating or
spawning condition suggests the species may spawn on the bottom.
A gravid female had nidamental glands measuring 70.0 and 80.0 cm in
length (Clarke, 1962a) and a specimen having a pen length (-mantle
length) of 71.0 cm had an estimated 200 000 eggs in the ovary and
oviducts.
All the adults known have been recovered from Sperm whale
stomachs or just after regurgitation by the same predator.
XIV. LYCOTEUTHIDAE
are notable for the great diversity and numbers of their photophores.
A. Lampadioteuthis
This family has recently been revised by Voss (1962d). The species
1. Lampadioteuthis megaleia Berry, 1916
Since Berry's (1916a) description of this species based on one
female which was collected from a beach on Sunday Island in the
Kermadec group, no further specimens were reported until Young
(1964) recorded two larval specimens and an adult male from the
MALCOLM R. OLAREE
29' 10" 87'65'W. It has been caught with open nets fished to depths
of 330-1 290 m. The largest has a mantle length of 4.1 cm (Voss, 1968).
C. Taningia
A genus with only one species.
1. Taningia danae Joubin, 1931
? Enoploteuthis Molinae Harting, 1861
Cucioteuthis unguiculatus Joubin, 1898a, 1900
Cucioteuthis unguicukztus Clarke, R. 1956
Cucioteuthis unguicukzta Rees and Maul, 1956
Cucioteuthis unguicukzta Clarke, M. R. 1962a
Adults of the species have been taken off the Azores (Joubin, 1898a,
1900; R. Clarke, 1956),off Madeira (Rees and Maul, 1956; Clarke, 1962a),
off Durban (Clarke, in press) and from the Indian Ocean (Harting, 1861),
while juveniles have been taken in the Atlantic at 14' 62" 28'04'W
(Joubin, 1931) and 2'43's OO"56' W (Clarke, in press). The juveniles
were taken in open nets fished at 100 m and 175 m. The largest specimen
described is about 140.0 cm in mantle length (Clarke, 1962a) while
the smallest is 2.85 cm (Clarke, in press). During growth the arms, head
and fin become shorter and the head, mantle and fin become narrower
relative to the mantle length. One of the specimens contained sand
grains and bits of iron oxide in the stomach. This, coupled with the
fact that most of the specimens from Durban are in a mating or
spawning condition suggests the species may spawn on the bottom.
A gravid female had nidamental glands measuring 70.0 and 80.0 cm in
length (Clarke, 1962a) and a specimen having a pen length (-mantle
length) of 71.0 cm had an estimated 200 000 eggs in the ovary and
oviducts.
All the adults known have been recovered from Sperm whale
stomachs or just after regurgitation by the same predator.
XIV. LYCOTEUTHIDAE
are notable for the great diversity and numbers of their photophores.
A. Lampadioteuthis
This family has recently been revised by Voss (1962d). The species
1. Lampadioteuthis megaleia Berry, 1916
Since Berry's (1916a) description of this species based on one
female which was collected from a beach on Sunday Island in the
Kermadec group, no further specimens were reported until Young
(1964) recorded two larval specimens and an adult male from the