BATHYPELAGIC SQUID BATHYTEUTHIS 



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found no evidence to prove that the description was published in the 

 nomenclatural sense prior to June 1885. Bathyteufhis ahyssicola Hoyle, 

 1885 (May) , therefore, must take priority. 



Bathyteuthis bacidifera Roper, 1968 



Plates 6-10; 12 g,h 



IBcnthotcttthis mcgalops, Chun, 1910. p. 185-199, pis. 2^27 (pars; station 221, 

 18 mm si>eeinien only). — Pfeffer, 1912. p. 325-331 (pars; using Chun's 

 description ) . 



Bathyteuthis bacidifera Roper, 1968, p. 163, pis. 1-4. 



Diagnosis. — Protective membranes on arms lacking; long, free, fin- 

 ger-like trabeculae present; tentacles and clubs relatively long; suckers 

 on anns numerous; sucker rings with 18-34 protuberances; gills long, 

 broad. 



List of Material 



Other material: 



' Estimated depth of capture. 

 2 Bottom depth fished by otter trawl. 

 ' Stramin tow-net of 150 cm diameter. 

 * L refers to larvae. 



Description. — The mantle is short, broad, and bullet-shaped with 

 'gently curving sides; it has approximately tlie shape of a truncated 

 ellipse, terminating in a bluntly rounded tip (pi. 6). The mantle width 



321-534 O— 69 4 



