Species Adelieledone adelieana (Berry, 1917)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Moschites adelieana Berry, S.S. 1917. Cephalopoda. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–14. Science Report 4(2): 5-38 pls 10-14 [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, (Antarctic Ocean) [66°55'S 145°21E].

Generic Combinations

• Adelieledone adelieana (Berry, 1917). —
  Allcock, A.L., Hochberg, F.G., Rodhouse, P.G.K. & Thorpe, J.P. 2003. Adelieledone, a new genus of octopodid from the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science 15(4): 415-424
• Pareledone adelieana (Berry, 1917). —
  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. [278]
  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 [222] (combination cited)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

East Antarctica, from off Dronning Maud Land (67°52'S 33°14'E), Enderby Land (65°50'–65°56'S 50°34'–50°52'E), off MacRobertson Land (66°53'–67°15'S 68°56'–70°44'E), off the Amery Ice Shelf, Prydz Bay (66°48'–67°56'S 71°05'–76°24'E), and from off the Mertz Glacier (66°55'S 145°21'E).

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

East Antarctic continental shelf from 139 to 680 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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