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seem advisable at present. Whether Meleagroteuthis is considered 

 a synonym of Calliteuthis or a subgenus, several changes must take 

 place. The only one pertinent to this study, however, is the specific 

 name hoylei, which was first used by Goodrich for his species Histiopsis 

 hoylei Goodrich, 1896. Pfeffer (1900) has shown that this species is 

 Stigmatoteuthis hoylei (now Calliteuthis hoylei). In the erection of 

 the genus Meleagroteuthis he designated (by monotypy) the type of 

 his new genus as hoylei. Chun, however, in 1910 had renamed this 

 Calliteuthis {Meleagroteuthis) meleagroteuthis because of the submersion 

 of both Stigmatoteuthis and Meleagroteuthis as subgenera. Chun's 

 nomenclature must now stand, and unfortunately the well-known 

 Meleagroteuthis hoylei is ground into oblivion by the slow but irresist- 

 ible wheels of biological progress. As much as I deplore it, it now 

 seems unavoidable that we call this species by the name Calliteuthis 

 meleagroteuthis, and all the remaining species of the family Histio- 

 teuthidae now must be placed in the genus Calliteuthis Verrill, 1880, 

 with the exception of Histioteuthis bonelli, still well characterized 

 by several distinctive criteria. 



The remaining problem is the identity of Sasaki's (1915) species, 

 Meleagroteuthis separata. The only real difference between this 

 species and the present specimen is in the shape and arrangement of 

 the tentacular clubs. UntU additional specimens are forthcoming 

 with complete clubs, showing that this difference is real, I must 

 consider this species as synonymous with meleagroteuthis, or at most 

 as subspecific. The clubs in Sasaki's specimen I believe to be either 

 deformed or mutilated with subsequent regeneration. A critical 

 examination of plate 22, figure 7, in his work will bear out this diag- 

 nosis. 



Distribution. — Fonseca Bay, west coast of Central America 

 (Pfeffer); Japan (as separata, Sasaki); eastern coast of Russia (as 

 separata, Akimushkin); eastern Atlantic (Joubin); Philippines! 



Family Oniinastrephidae: Subfamily Todarodinae 



Nototodarus sloani philippinensis Voss, 1962 



Figure 28 



Nototodarus sloani philippinensis Voss, 1962, p. 175. 



HoLOTYPE.— 1 9, ML 180.0 mm., Sta. D5444, off Atalaya Pt., 

 Batag Id., east coast of Luzon, green mud in bottom, temp. 45.3° F, 

 565 m., June 3, 1909; USNM 575451. 



