Species Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sandalops melancholicus Chun, C. 1906. System der Cranchien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 82-86 [86].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 2 juv. (Antarctic Exped.), north-east of Tristan da Cunha [32°8'S 8º28'W].

  Secondary source:

   Clarke, M.R. 1966. A review of the systematics and ecology of oceanic squids. Advances in Marine Biology 4: 91-300.
• Uranoteuthis bilucifer Lu, C.C. & Clarke, M.R. 1974. Two new species of cranchid cephalopod from the North Atlantic, Uranoteuthis bilucifer n. gen. s. sp. and Galiteuthis triluminosa n. sp. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 985-994 [985].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Verde Basin.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Voss, N.A. 1980. A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 30: 365-412 [386]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic, 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 (distribution)

Lu, C.C. & Clarke, M.R. 1974. Two new species of cranchid cephalopod from the North Atlantic, Uranoteuthis bilucifer n. gen. s. sp. and Galiteuthis triluminosa n. sp. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 985-994 (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)

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