Species Bathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle, 1885
Bathyal Deepsea Squid
Compiler and date details
2024 - updated by A. L. Reid, CSIRO, Australia
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Bathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle W.E. 1885. Narrative of the voyage of the Challenger expedition. The Cephalopoda. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 1: 269-274 [272].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1890.1.24.15, (between Prince Edward Is. and Crozets Ils, Southern Ocean) [46°16'S 48°27'E].Type locality references:
Hoyle, W.E. 1886. Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 16(44): 1-245 pls 1-33.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Heard Island, Prydz Bay.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)
Distribution References
- 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] [225]
- Reid, A. 2016. Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing pp. 446. [31]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: bathypelagic.
Paralarva: mesopelagic, predator.
Nectonic.
Extra Ecological Information
~100 to 4200 m depth, normally 700-2000 m
General References
Judkins, H., Lindgren, A., Villanueva, R., Clark, K., Vecchione, M. 2020. A description of three new bathyteuthid squid species from the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 96 2: 281-295
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)
Roper, C.F.E. 1969. Systematics and zoogeography of the worldwide bathypelagic squid genus Bathyteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 291: 1-210 pls 1-12
Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. 2010. Family Bathyteuthidae. pp. 124-126 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. [125] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology, interest to fisheries)
Roper, C.F.E. & Young, R.E. 1975. Vertical distribution of pelagic cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 209: 1-51 (ontogenetic descent)
Common Name References
Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. 2010. Family Bathyteuthidae. pp. 124-126 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. [125] (Bathyal Deepsea Squid)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 | CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795 | 04-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid |
| 20-Mar-2014 | TEUTHIDA | 20-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |