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Taxonomy and biogeography of the genus Heteroteuthis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2010

Natalie Rotermund  and
Jürgen Guerrero-Kommritz
Natalie Rotermund*
Affiliation:
Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Jürgen Guerrero-Kommritz*
Affiliation:
Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Rotermund & J. Guerrero-Kommritz, Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany emails: natalie.r@freenet.de; greledone@hotmail.com
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Rotermund & J. Guerrero-Kommritz, Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany emails: natalie.r@freenet.de; greledone@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Two species of the bobtail squid Heteroteuthis are reported from the Atlantic Ocean, H. dispar in the North Atlantic Ocean and H. dagamensis in the South Atlantic Ocean. In total 58 individuals were examined, 23 belonging to the species Heteroteuthis dispar and 35 belonging to the species H. dagamensis. All specimens were captured during the Walther Herwig Expeditions 1966, 1968, 1976 and 1982. A full description of both sexes of H. dispar and H. dagamensis is provided. These two species can only be distinguished by means of the male's enlarged suckers on arm pair III. Females are not useful for taxonomic identifications and are morphologically identical in both species. The results do not support the definition of subgenera in this genus. This is the first report for Heteroteuthis dagamensis in the South-West Atlantic Ocean.

Keywords

Heteroteuthispelagic sepiolidbobtail squidCephalopodadistributionAtlantic Ocean
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 367 - 390
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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