loligid^e : loligo. 75 



15. Loligo Alessane-rlnii. 



Body oblong, subcylindrical, rounded behind. Fins about two 

 fifths the length of the body, posterior, rounded. Cups of ten- 

 tacular arms, unequal, large. 



Loligo Alessandrini Verany, Ceph. ex Sicilia, t. 2. f. 2. 



Hab. Sicily. 



4 * Doubtful recent Species. 



16. Loligo minima. 



Body smooth, oblong, conical. Fins very small, at the end of body, 

 semicircular, far apart. Sessile arms short, rather unequal ; 

 cups in two lines. Tentacular arms long, cylindrical, scarcely 

 enlarged at the end, with two rows of small, alternate, peduncled 

 cups. Fei'ussac. 



Loligo minima Tf Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 351. 

 Cranchia minima Feruss. Cranchies, t. 1. f. 4, 5. 1830. 



Hab. Coast of Africa. 



17. Loligo carunculata. 



Body oblong, roundish. Fins rhombic. Tentacular arms with 

 cylindrical or triangular caruncles on the inner side, and a few 

 cups. 



Sepia carunculata Schneider, Beobacht. und Endeck. aus der Nat. v. 



42. ; Isert, JReise nach Guinea, 7. 1788. 

 Loligo carunculata Feruss. MS.; UOrb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 



Hab. Gulf of Guinea. 



18. Loligo lanceolata. 



Loligo lanceolata Faftn. Precis des Decouv. Somiol. 29. 14. ; 

 UOrb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 



Hab. Mediterranean. Not described. 



19. Loligo osogadium. 



Loligo osogadium Rufin. Precis des Decouv. Somiol. 29. 1814; 

 D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 



Hab. Mediterranean. Not described. 



5 * Fossil Species. Upper Lias. 



20. Loligo pyrieormis. 



Shell oblong, smooth, attenuated in front, dilated behind. 



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