Species Tetronychoteuthis dussumierii (d'Orbigny, 1839)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Onychoteuthis dussumierii D'Orbigny, A. in Férussac, A. de & d'Orbigny, A. 1839. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des cephalopodes acetabulifères vivants et fossiles. Paris : Libraire F. Savy. [335].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP (not found), Grand Ocean, 200 miles N of Mauritius.

Generic Combinations

• Tetronychoteuthis dussumierii (d'Orbigny, 1839).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: bathypelagic, continental slope, nectonic, temperate, tropical.

Juvenile: continental slope.

Paralarva: bathypelagic, continental slope, planktonic, temperate, tropical.

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. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 (Australian distribution)

Rees, W.J. & Maul, G.E. 1956. The Cephalopoda of Madeira. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 3: 257-281 (distribution)

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

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