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3. A new Sepiolid from Japan. 



By S. S. Berrj^, Stanford University, California. 

 (With 1 fig.) 



eing-eg. 19. Oktober 1910. 



Among some miscellaneous material in the zoological museum of 

 Stanford University was found a single specimen of a remarkable squid 

 belonging to the genus Stoloteidhis. As the species seems to be unde- 

 scribed the following diagnosis is offered. 



Stoloteuthis nippmiensis n. sp. 



Body of moderate size, compact, short, plump, sepioliform, rounded 

 behind. Mantle attached to the head dorsally by a rather narrow 

 commissure (4,5 mm); free below 

 and produced forward beneath the 

 head, its edge sinuous and slightly 

 emarginate in front so as to expose 

 the extreme tip of the funnel; fun- 

 nel otherwise entirely hidden. Fins 

 large, semicircular or better semi- 

 cordate, the forward lobe extending 

 from the anterior base of attach- 

 ment as far as the mantle margin ; 

 posterior lobe scarcely developed; 

 nearly median in position, the plane 

 of attachment nearly level with the 

 dorsal surface of the mantle. 



Head very large, as broad as 

 the body , flattened above, excavated 

 beneath. Eyes large, with rather 

 large openings; the right lid ap- 

 pears to be free all round, the left 

 eye has only the lower lid free. 

 Funnel rather small, flexed upward 

 so that it lies closely in the hol- 

 lowed under surface of the head. 

 The locking apparatus consists of 



a slightly curved groove with a raised and reflexed edge situated quite 

 far back on either side of the funnel and articulating with a corre- 

 sponding ridge on the inner surface of the mantle ; the ridge is also 

 curved, rather heavy, and notably longer than the groove. 



Arms stout, thick, fleshy, and rather short, the order of length 2, 



