Species Mastigoteuthis hjorti Chun, 1913

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• Mastigoteuthis hjorti Chun, C. 1913. Cephalopoda. In, Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition 1910. 3(1): 1–21. [6].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMBN 25906 2♂ subadults ♀subadult, north Atlantic Ocean [31º24'N 34º47'W and 36º52'N 39º55'W]; BMBN 25909 ♀ subadult (Stn 2108 12-16 August, 1905), north Atlantic Ocean [31º24'N 34º47'W and 36º52'N 39º55'W].

  Secondary source:

   Young, R.E. 1972. The systematics and areal distribution of pelagic cephalopods from the seas off southern California. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 97: 1-159.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: epipelagic.

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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