[ 21 ] CEPHALOPODS OF NORTHEASTERN COAST OF AMERICA. 
Moroteuthis robusta (Dali, sp.) Verrill. 
In this connection I may also refer to a gigantic Pacific Ocean species, 
obtained by Mr. AY. H. Dali, on the coast of Alaska, in 1872, which 
will be described as fully as possible in another part of this article, 
when discussing the foreign species of large Cephalopods (see Plates 
XIII and XIV). Three specimens were observed and measured by Mr. 
Dali. The largest one measured, from the base of the arms to the end of 
the body, 8.5 feet. The ends of all the arms had been destroyed in all the 
specimens. It was originally t briefly described by me under Mr. Dali’s 
MSS. name, Ommastrephes robustus , but a more careful study of the 
parts preserved, especially the ‘cone’ of the ‘pen’ and the odontophore, 
convinced me that it belongs to the family Teuthidce , characterized 
especially by having rows of sharp claws or hooks on the ‘club’ of the 
tentacular arms, instead of suckers. | It was of special interest, to add 
another generic type to the list of gigantic species. 
t American Journal of Science, vol. xii, p. 236, 1876. 
t Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v., p. 246. 
