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The species is important in the diet of Sperm whales in the Azores
(R. Clarke, 1956) and Madeira (Clarke, 1962a) and has been taken
from stomachs of Alepisaurus ferox (Verrill, 1879a), Aphanopus carbo
(Rees and Maul, 1966) and Qermo alalunga (Bouxin and Legendre, 1936).
B. Calliteuthis
It is currently considered that Stigmtoteuthis, Histiopsis and
Meleagroteuthis should be reduced t o synonyms of Calliteuthis which
should include all species within the family except Histioteuthis bonellii.
Voss and Voss (1962) consider that all the species of the Atlantic can
be reduced to synonyms of the five species C . reversa Verrill, 1880a,
C . elongata Voss and Voss, 1962, C. corona Voss and Voss, 1962, C.
eeletaria Voss, 1960a and C . arcturi Robson, 1948 but they have not
yet published a full synonymy except for C. reversa. Of species taken
outside the Atlantic C. miranda Berry, 1918, C. cookiana Dell, 1951,
C. dojleini Pfeffer, 1912, C. meleagroteuthis Chun, 19108 and C. separata
Sasaki, 1915b are for the present considered " good '' species but there
are a number of other names in the literature which may have to be
resurrected later.
1. Calliteuthis arcturi Robson, 1948
Stigmatoteuthis arcturi Robson, 1948
Although Voss and Voss (1962) consider this to be a distinct
species they note that the name will have to be reduced to a synonym
eventually. The type wasitaken at 26' 54"
57'15'W with an open
net fished to 3 000 m, was female and had a mantle length of about
3.2 cm.
2. Calliteuthis celetaria Voss, 1960
Two sub-species of this have been described by Voss (1960a, 1962a).
C. celetaria celetaria was caught in the North Atlantic at 32' 10"
34'45'W with an open otter trawl at 730-820 m. The single specimen
has a mantle length of 3.9 cm and is female.
C. celetaria paci$cu was taken off Borneo, Dammi Island and off the
Philippines in open nets fished between 292-494 m. All six known
specimens are female. They were taken in two instances at bottom
temperatures of 7-6'C and ll.28OC.
3. Calliteuthis coolciana (Dell, 1951)
Histioteuthis cookiana Dell, 1951
Calliteuthis rewersa (pars) Hoyle, 1886a
This has been recorded from New Zealand waters, in Cook Strait
(Dell, 1951) and east of North Island (Hoyle, 1886a as C . reversa).
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The species is important in the diet of Sperm whales in the Azores
(R. Clarke, 1956) and Madeira (Clarke, 1962a) and has been taken
from stomachs of Alepisaurus ferox (Verrill, 1879a), Aphanopus carbo
(Rees and Maul, 1966) and Qermo alalunga (Bouxin and Legendre, 1936).
B. Calliteuthis
It is currently considered that Stigmtoteuthis, Histiopsis and
Meleagroteuthis should be reduced t o synonyms of Calliteuthis which
should include all species within the family except Histioteuthis bonellii.
Voss and Voss (1962) consider that all the species of the Atlantic can
be reduced to synonyms of the five species C . reversa Verrill, 1880a,
C . elongata Voss and Voss, 1962, C. corona Voss and Voss, 1962, C.
eeletaria Voss, 1960a and C . arcturi Robson, 1948 but they have not
yet published a full synonymy except for C. reversa. Of species taken
outside the Atlantic C. miranda Berry, 1918, C. cookiana Dell, 1951,
C. dojleini Pfeffer, 1912, C. meleagroteuthis Chun, 19108 and C. separata
Sasaki, 1915b are for the present considered " good '' species but there
are a number of other names in the literature which may have to be
resurrected later.
1. Calliteuthis arcturi Robson, 1948
Stigmatoteuthis arcturi Robson, 1948
Although Voss and Voss (1962) consider this to be a distinct
species they note that the name will have to be reduced to a synonym
eventually. The type wasitaken at 26' 54"
57'15'W with an open
net fished to 3 000 m, was female and had a mantle length of about
3.2 cm.
2. Calliteuthis celetaria Voss, 1960
Two sub-species of this have been described by Voss (1960a, 1962a).
C. celetaria celetaria was caught in the North Atlantic at 32' 10"
34'45'W with an open otter trawl at 730-820 m. The single specimen
has a mantle length of 3.9 cm and is female.
C. celetaria paci$cu was taken off Borneo, Dammi Island and off the
Philippines in open nets fished between 292-494 m. All six known
specimens are female. They were taken in two instances at bottom
temperatures of 7-6'C and ll.28OC.
3. Calliteuthis coolciana (Dell, 1951)
Histioteuthis cookiana Dell, 1951
Calliteuthis rewersa (pars) Hoyle, 1886a
This has been recorded from New Zealand waters, in Cook Strait
(Dell, 1951) and east of North Island (Hoyle, 1886a as C . reversa).