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MALCOLM R. CLARKE
Hoyle’s specimen was caught with a net fished at over 2 000 m. One of
Dell’s specimens, a female, had a mantle length of 9.1 cm. Specimens
have been recorded from the stomach of the ling, Genypterus blacodes
(Dell, 1951) and the beaks from a giant petrel Mucronectes giganteus.
4. Calliteuthis corona Voss and Voss, 1962
Calliteuthis reversa Voss, 1956b
All the specimens so far recorded were taken in the Caribbean Sea,
and the Gulf of Mexico with open nets used at from 59-823 m. All
those sexed are females, one of which is gravid, has a mantle length of
15.6 cm and is the largest specimen.
5. Calliteuthis do$eini (Pfeffer, 1912)
Stigmatoteuthis dojleini Pfeffer, 1912
Calliteuthis ocelhta Chun, 1910a
A North Pacific species this has been taken off Japan (Chun, 1910a;
Pfeffer, 1912; Sasaki, 1916, 1920, 1929a) and off western Canada
(Clarke, 196213). It has been taken with an open net fished at 1 200 m.
Both sexes have been taken and the male has both the dorsal arms
hectocotylized (Sasaki, 1929a). The largest male known has a mantle
length of 21.0 cm and the largest female 9.7 cm. The species seems to
form an important part of the diet of Sperm whales off western Canada
(Clarke, 1962b) and has also been taken from a Sperm whale stomach
off Japan (Sasaki, 1916).
6. Calliteuthis elongata Voss and Voss, 1962
Calliteuthis reversa Joubin, 1900
This has been taken at ten localities off New England and in the
Mediterranean (Voss and Voss, 1962). All the specimens were found
dead or dying on the surface and all showed signs of having been fed
on by predators. All the New England specimens were taken singly
over a period of 57 years in July and August. The two Mediterranean
specimens were found years apart within a few degrees of one another.
Voss and Voss (1962) think that the data suggest some hydrographic
cause for these mortalities, possibly an upwelling which brings deep
living animals to the surface where the greater temperature kills
them.
Only females have been taken; the smallest gravid female was
11.4 cm and the largest was 18.3 cm in mantle length.
MALCOLM R. CLARKE
Hoyle’s specimen was caught with a net fished at over 2 000 m. One of
Dell’s specimens, a female, had a mantle length of 9.1 cm. Specimens
have been recorded from the stomach of the ling, Genypterus blacodes
(Dell, 1951) and the beaks from a giant petrel Mucronectes giganteus.
4. Calliteuthis corona Voss and Voss, 1962
Calliteuthis reversa Voss, 1956b
All the specimens so far recorded were taken in the Caribbean Sea,
and the Gulf of Mexico with open nets used at from 59-823 m. All
those sexed are females, one of which is gravid, has a mantle length of
15.6 cm and is the largest specimen.
5. Calliteuthis do$eini (Pfeffer, 1912)
Stigmatoteuthis dojleini Pfeffer, 1912
Calliteuthis ocelhta Chun, 1910a
A North Pacific species this has been taken off Japan (Chun, 1910a;
Pfeffer, 1912; Sasaki, 1916, 1920, 1929a) and off western Canada
(Clarke, 196213). It has been taken with an open net fished at 1 200 m.
Both sexes have been taken and the male has both the dorsal arms
hectocotylized (Sasaki, 1929a). The largest male known has a mantle
length of 21.0 cm and the largest female 9.7 cm. The species seems to
form an important part of the diet of Sperm whales off western Canada
(Clarke, 1962b) and has also been taken from a Sperm whale stomach
off Japan (Sasaki, 1916).
6. Calliteuthis elongata Voss and Voss, 1962
Calliteuthis reversa Joubin, 1900
This has been taken at ten localities off New England and in the
Mediterranean (Voss and Voss, 1962). All the specimens were found
dead or dying on the surface and all showed signs of having been fed
on by predators. All the New England specimens were taken singly
over a period of 57 years in July and August. The two Mediterranean
specimens were found years apart within a few degrees of one another.
Voss and Voss (1962) think that the data suggest some hydrographic
cause for these mortalities, possibly an upwelling which brings deep
living animals to the surface where the greater temperature kills
them.
Only females have been taken; the smallest gravid female was
11.4 cm and the largest was 18.3 cm in mantle length.