Species Idioteuthis cordiformis (Chun, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mastigoteuthis cordiformis Chun, C. 1908. Über Cephalopoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger 33: 86-89 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♂ (Valdivia Stn 194), (south of Pulo Nias), Sumatra, Indonesia [0°15'N 98°8'E].

Generic Combinations

• Idioteuthis cordiformis (Chun, 1908). —
  Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. & Okutani, T. 1994. New Classification of the Squid Family Mastigoteuthidae (Cephalopoda:Oegopsida). Venus, the Japanese Journal of Malacology 53(2): 119-127
  Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. & Okutani, T. 1994. New Classification of the Squid Family Mastigoteuthidae (Cephalopoda:Oegopsida). Venus, the Japanese Journal of Malacology 53(2): 119-127
  Braid, H.E., McBride, P.D. & Bolstad, K.S.R. 2014. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. Hydrobiologia 725: 145-164

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mesopelagic.

Continental slope, oceanic, temperate.

General References

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

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)

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