Species Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857

Museums

Regional Maps

• Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, J.J. 1857. Oplysninger om Atlanterhavels colossalc Blaeksprutter. Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres Möte Kobenhavn 7: 182-185 [182].
• Mouchezis sanctipauli Velain, C. 1877. Description des mollusques. Passage de Venus sur le soliel (Décembre 1874). Expedition française aux Îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam. Zoologie. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 6: 1-143 [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNN 3-2-658 and 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs only; specimen stranded on the beach), St Paul Island, southern Indian Ocean [38°43'S, 77°32'E].
• Architeuthis kirki Robson, C.W. 1887. On a new species of giant cuttlefish, stranded at Cape Campbell, June 30th, 1886, (Architeuthis kirkii). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 19: 155-157 [155].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ, Cape Campbell, Cook Strait, New Zealand.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Winkelmann, I., Campos, P.F., Strugnell, J., Cherel, Y., Smith, P.J., Kubodera, T., Allcock, L., Kampmann, M.-L., Schroeder, H., Guerra, A., Norman, M., Finn, J., Ingrao, D., Clarke, M. & Gilbert, M.T.P. 2013. Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 280, no. 1759: 20130273

 

Generic Combinations

• Architeuthis sanctipauli (Velain, 1877).

 

Introduction

Single species of Architeuthis, A. dux is now recognised (Winkelmann et al. 2013)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Victoria (Bass Strait); Wingan Inlet.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mesopelagic, nectonic.

Paralarva: epipelagic.

Continental slope, oceanic, temperate.

 

General References

Allan, J. 1948. A rare giant squid. Australian Museum Magazine 9: 306-308 (as Architeuthus kirkii;distribution)

Clarke, M.R. 1966. A review of the systematics and ecology of oceanic squids. Advances in Marine Biology 4: 91-300 (worldwide distribution, ecology)

Gauldie, R.W., West, I.F. & Forch, E.C. 1994. Statocyst, statolith, and age estimation of the giant squid, Architeuthis kirki. Veliger 37(1): 93-109 (growth)

Lu, C.C. 2001. Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001] [224] (as Architeuthis kirki)

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 (as Architeuthis kirki; Australian distribution)

Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. 2010. Family Architeuthidae. pp. 121-123 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 pp. 1-605. [123] (geographical distribution, habitat and biology)

Winkelmann, I., Campos, P.F., Strugnell, J., Cherel, Y., Smith, P.J., Kubodera, T., Allcock, L., Kampmann, M.-L., Schroeder, H., Guerra, A., Norman, M., Finn, J., Ingrao, D., Clarke, M. & Gilbert, M.T.P. 2013. Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 280, no. 1759: 20130273

 

Common Name References

Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. 2010. Family Architeuthidae. pp. 121-123 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 pp. 1-605. [123] (Southern Ocean Giant Squid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Mar-2014	TEUTHIDA	20-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)