Species Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sepia pelagica Bosc, L. 1802. Histoire naturelle des vers contenant leur description et leurs moeurs: avec figures dessinée après nature. Vol. 1 Paris : Déterville 324 pp. [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP (no longer extant), locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Wormuth, J.H. 1976. The biogeography and numerical taxonomy of the oegopsid squid family Ommastrephidae in the Pacific Ocean. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 23: 1-87.

Generic Combinations

• Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mesopelagic, nectonic, oceanic.

Juvenile: mesopelagic, oceanic, planktonic.

General References

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

Dunning, M. & Brandt, S.B. 1985. Distribution and life history of deep-water squid of commercial interest from Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 343-359 [352] (Australian distribution)

Lu, C.C. & Dunning, M. 1982. Identification guide to Australian arrow squid (Family Ommastrephidae). Victorian Institute of Marine Science, Technical Report 2: 1-30 (Australian distribution)

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. & Young, R.E. 1975. Vertical distribution of pelagic cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 209: 1-51 (vertical migration)

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