Species Grimalditeuthis bonplandii (Vérany, 1837)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Loligopsis bonplandii Vérany, J.B. 1837. Sur deux nouvelles espèces de Céphalopodes trouvées dans l'ocean. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 2 1: 99-101 2 pls [99].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, [surface, 29°N 39°W].
• Grimalditeuthis richardi Joubin, L. 1898. Observations sur divers Céphalopodes. Quatrième note: Grimalditeuthis Richardi. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 23: 101-113 [101].

  Type data:

   Holotype (whereabouts unknown (probably MOM)), Azores, East of San Miguel.

Generic Combinations

• Grimalditeuthis bonplandii (Vérany, 1837). —
  Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. 2010. Family, Chiroteuthidae. pp. 135-145 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. [142]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), 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), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mesopelagic, oceanic, temperate waters

General References

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

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

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