CEPHALOPODA MASSY. H'>"' 



specimen from Station si; lias a mantle-length of :! mm.. and a much rounder, plumper 

 body, and much smaller tins rlian the preceding; specimen: over thirty suckers, with 

 apparently smooth ruin :nid papillarv area. arc present nn each duli: tlir arm-suckers 



seem also to have smootli rings. Tin 1 eyes arc almost withdrawn inside tin- mantle : a 

 \\hite swelling js present helow each on either side of siphon, and some small white 



protuberances are visilile round (he lop of each eve: these all seem to lie indicative 



lit luminous organs in the making. 'Mi the mantle hein^ opened. two brown-coloured 

 luminous organs are seen on either side of the aims, and t\vo larger, similarly coloured. 

 are situated near the root of the gills. The specimens from Station .", I I have a mnnilc- 

 length of aliotil '1 _'."> nun. The chili is almost circular, and possesses alioiil t \vdil v-si.\ 

 suckers. As is the case with the other .specimens, the lirM arms arc the -hortcst. 

 Luminous organs do not seem t<> he as yet developed. 



7 .'//". A female. 'Talisman" Expedition (Fischer. ''.Mi). 



Distribution. Oft' San Francisco. Hull' of California. ( lalapagos Islands (Ilovle. 

 '()4) : Indian Ocean and South Atlantic (Cliiin. '10) : North Atlantic (Chun. '13). 



FAMILY nNYrlLuTWTIIIhAK. 



I.",. Muri'ti'iitliix (Moroteuthopsis) in<i<n* ( F. A. Smith). 



Onychoteuilds iiujfnx, K. A. Smith. PI-DC. /onl. SDC., Alert" Exp., p. ^-"i, ]il. ^, li^s. l-l//. 



1SS1 ; LJinnlj.-!-.,', Ofv. Vet, Ak. Fiii-li. no. 1U, p. 55, pis. I. 5, IS'.. 7: I't'etli-i-. Mittcil. 



Nat. JIus.. XVII (Jahi-b. Ihitiiliur-. Wiss. Anst.. XVII), p. Hi", I'.HM); lloyle, Tnins. 



Ui.y. Soc. Edinburgh, XLVIII. pt. L 1 (no. I 4). ]ip. L'S|-l!S-2, text-fig. !i (i-a.lu]:i), I'->12. 

 Miirnt' ntl/ia hii/i'iix, Pt'ftter, Xordisches Plankton, IX, p. 6S, 1'jns. 

 Moroteuihis (Moroteutlwpsis) imjinx, Pt'etlcr, Jlitteil. Xat. Mus., XXV (.lalirli. Ilainl)ui-g. \Viss. 



Ai ist., XXV), p. 294, 11IU8: Pfeffer, Ceph. Plankton Exp., ].p. 10S-11:!. pis. 11, 1 L'. 



Station 1:29. off' Three Kin^s Islands, surface, sijuar" IS-inesli net. AUL:'. 2(>th. 

 1911 .One, 



This has a dorsal mantle-length of _'() nun., and the posterior end of the pen 

 extends O'oOmm. from the extremity of hodv. Only one cluh is present, and it is 

 not in very 14001! condition, hut shows many small suckers on the distal end. with one 

 hook in centre; what appear to he the sockets of many more hooks heiiiL; also present 

 on the niedia,n part of dnli. 



Distribution. Patagonian and sub-Antarctic regions. 



14. Onychoteuthis /n//W (Leach). 



Liilii/ii lliuil.-x!!, Le;n-li. XDD|. Miscellany. Class Ceph., Ill, p. Ill, IS17. 



Oiii/1-linti-iitltix Jiiiiil::"!!, Ferussac et d'Orbigny, Cejili. .ic-ctalinlitV-i-es. ].. :i:!0. ls:;;i. 

 Ancislroteuthis licJitenateinii, Jattat, Cefalopodi, Fauna und Flora <. \<>\\ Neapcl. Moim^i-. _'.'!, 

 p. lu:;. pi. l:i, IS'.ni. 



l-'ol- full svnonolllV see 1 'feller. I'lallkton Fxp., pp. ill 71. lUll'. 



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