Species Stigmatoteuthis hoylei (Goodrich, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Histiopsis hoylei Goodrich, E.S. 1896. Report on a collection of Cephalopoda from the Calcutta Museum. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2)(Zool. 7: 1-24 [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMWZ uncatalogued, sex undetermined, juvenile (22 mm ML, HMS Investigator No. 50B-75/7), northeastern Indian Ocean, near the Andaman Ils [approx 12°N, 92°E, 897 m].
• Stigmatoteuthis chuni Pfeffer, G. 1912. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Ubersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-815 pls 1-48 [286] (based on an inadequate description by Chun, C. 1910. Die Cephalopoden 1. Teil: Oegopsida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer 'Valdiva' 1898-1899 18: 1-542 of a specimen described as Calliteuthis hoylei; the type specimen is small, immature and in too poor condition for redescription, therefore dofleni was reatined by N. Voss.).

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
• Stigmatoteuthis dofleni Pfeffer, G. 1912. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Ubersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-815 pls 1-48 [288].

  Type data:

   Holotype Japan, Sagami Bay.

  Secondary source:

   Voss, N.A. 1969. A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic. The family Histioteuthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 19: 713-867.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Voss, N.A., Vecchione, M., Toll, R.B. & Sweeney, M.J. 1998. Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586 1: 1-276 [315]

 

Generic Combinations

• Stigmatoteuthis hoylei (Goodrich, 1896). —
  Young, R.E. & Vecchione, M. 2013. Histioteuthidae Verrill, 1881. Version 03 November 2013 (under construction). In The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/. 3 November 2013. http://tolweb.org/Histioteuthidae/19782/2013.11.03
• Histioteuthis hoylei (Goodrich, 1896).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific Ocean between~45°N and 45°S and in the Indian Ocean between ~10°N and the southern Subtropical Front.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nectonic Paralarvae: epipelagic, planktonic Mesopelagic: oceanic, temperate, tropical

 

General References

Clarke, M.R. 1980. Cephalopoda in the diet of sperm whales of the southern hemisphere and their bearing on sperm whale ecology. Discovery Reports 37: 1-324

Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 ((Australian distribution))

Reid, A. 2016. Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing pp. 446.

Roper, C.F.E. & Young, R.E. 1975. Vertical distribution of pelagic cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 209: 1-51 ((vertical distribution))

Voss, N.A., Nesis, K.N. & Rodhouse, P.G. 1998. The cephalopod family Histioteuthidae (Oegopsida): systematics, biology, and biogeography. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 293-372 ((worldwide distribution))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795	28-Jul-2023	ADDED	Dr Mandy Reid