Species Pareledone charcoti (Joubin, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eledone charcoti Joubin, L. 1905. Description de deux elédones provenant de l'expédition du Dr Charcot dans l'Antarctique. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 18: 22-31 pl. 3 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN, (Antarctic Ocean) [65°S 64°W].

Generic Combinations

• Pareledone charcoti (Joubin, 1905). —
  Robson, G.C. 1932. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Pt 2. The Octopoda (excluding the Octopodinae). London : British Museum (Natural History) 359 pp. 6 pls.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circumpolar distribution in the Antarctic Ocean, East Antarctica, from off Enderby Land (65°56'S 50°52'E), off MacRobertson Land (66°59'–67°40'S 62°49'–65°34'E), off the Amery Ice Shelf, Prydz Bay (66°48'–68°26'S 71°25'–78°15'E), off Queen Mary Land (66°08'S 94°17'E). West Antarctica, from off Graham Land (65°05'S 63°55'W).

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

East Antarctic continental shelf from 110 to 683 m.

General References

Lu, C.C. & Stranks, T.N. 1994. Synopsis of Pareledone and Megaleledone species, with description of two new species from Antarctica (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 54(1): 221-242 (distribution)

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