BATHYPELAGIC SQUID BATHYTEUTHIS 25 



small suckers; fins subtenninal; gladius simple with long, narrow 

 rhachis, broad, thin vane and open, thin terminus (no conus). 



Genus Bathyteuthis Hoyle, 1885 



Bathytcuthis Hoyle. May 1885, p. 272; 1885b, p. 282, 308; 1886, p. 36, 167, 232, 

 236 ; 1886a, p. 247 ; 1886b, p. 1064.— Goodrich, 1892. p. 318.— Pfeffer, 1900, p. 

 172.— Chun, 1903, p. 69, 71, 77, 85-90.— Hoyle, 1904, p. 33 ; 1904a, p. 3, 14 : 



1909, p. 271.— Chun, 1910, p. 186.— Hoyle, 1910, p. 408; 1912, p. 282.— 

 Pfefifer, 1912, p. 324.— Berry, 1912, p. 645.— Abel, 1916, p. 93.— Massy, 1916, 

 p. 114; 1916a, p. 241.— Naef, 1921, p. 535; 1922, p. 298.— Grimpe, 1922, p. 

 45.— Naef, 1923, p. 795. 809.— Odhner, 1923. p. 1.— Grimpe, 1925, p. 95, 101.— 

 Massy, 1928, p. 30.— Thiele, 1935, p. 970.— Allen. 1945, p. 328.— Robson, 

 1948, p. 116.— Voss, 1956, p. 142. 



licntlwteuthis Verrill, July 1885, p. 401.— Hoyle, 1885b, p. 282, 308; 1886, p. 36, 

 167, 169, 232.— Chun, 1910, p. 185, et. seqq.— Hoyle, 1910, p. 408.— Joubin, 

 1912, p. 396.— Pfeffer. 1912, p. 324, et. seqq. (pars).— Berry. 1912, p. 645.— 

 Abel. 1916, p. 93.— .Toubin, 1920, p. 57 (pars).— Thiele, 1921, p. 453.— Naef, 

 1921a, p. 48.— .Joubin, 1924, p. 74.— Robson. 1932, p. 375. 



iChunoteuthis Robson, 1921, p. 432 (nomen dubium).— Grimpe, 1922, p. 45; 1925, 

 p. 95, 102.— Thiele, 1935. p. 970. 



"ilndoteuthis Grimpe. 1922, p. 45 (replacement for Chunoteuthis Robson, 1921; 

 not Chuniotcuthis Grimi>e, 1916) ; 1925, p. 95, 102.— Thiele, 1935, p. 970. 



Type-species. — Bathyteuthis ahyssicola Hoyle, 1885. By monotypy. 



Diagnosis. — Tentacular clubs with 8-10 rows of numerous, minutfe 

 suckers; arms I-III with 2-4 rows of irregularly placed suckers; 

 arms IV with 2 rows of suckers ; fins short, round, subterminal ; eyes 

 directed anteriorly ; color a deep maroon ; simple photophore at aboral 

 base of arms I-III ; anns I-III connected by a broad "web" ; integu- 

 mentary layers thick, honey-combed, semigelatinous ; liver with large 

 oil chambers; hectocotylus absent. 



Bathyteuthis ahyssicola Hoyle, 1885 



Plates 1-5 



Bathyteuthis ahyssicola Hoyle, May 1885, p. 272-3, fig. 108; 1885b, p. 282-3, 

 309-10. fig. 2; 1886, p. 36. 168-9. 203. 213. 229. pi. 29, figs. 1-7 ; 1886a, p. 247.— 

 Pfeffer, 1900, p. 173.— Hoyle, 1904, p. 33, pi. 1, fig. 2; 1909. p. 271.— Chim, 



1910, p. 186.— Hoyle, 1910. p. 408; 1912, p. 273, 282.— Pfeffer, 1912, p. 327, 

 et seqq.— Massy, 1916, p. 114 ; 1916a, p. 241.— Berry. 1917, p. 7.— Grimpe, 1922, 

 p. 45.— Odhner, 1923. p. 1.— Grimpe. 1925, p. 95. 101.— Massy, 1928, p. 30.— 

 Thiele, 1935, p. 970.— Allen, 1*>45, p. 328.— Robson, 1JM8, p. 117.— CarceUes, 

 1953, p. 226.— Voss, 1956, p. 142, fig. lid.— Dell, 1959, p. 104.— Powell, 1960, 

 p. 185.— Clarke, A. H., 1962. p. 75.— jClarke, M. R., 1966, p. 166. 



Benthoteuthis mcgalops Verrill. July 1885. p. 402-3, pi. 44, fig. 1.— Hoyle, 1885b, 

 p. 282; 1886, p. 36, 169.— Chun, 1910, p. 185-199, pi. 24^27.— Hoyle, 1910, 

 p. 408 ; 1912, p. 282.— Joubin, 1912, p. 396.— Pfeffer, 1912. p. 325-331, pi. 27, 

 figs. 12-13 (as ''Benthoteuthis ahyssicola Verrill") (pars; figs. 14, 15= 

 Ctenopteryx).—3o\ihm, 1920, p. 57, pi. 13, fig. 4.— Tliiele, 1921, p. 453.— 

 Joubin, 1924, p. 74.— Robson, 1932, p. 375, figs. 1-2.— Johnson, 19»4, p. 161. 



