CEPHALOPODa. 165 
Arms longer than the body ; the two dorsal pairs the longest, 
and webbed half-way up, and sometimes to the extremities. 
Arms not webbed in male. 4 aquiferous (?) openings, two be- 
tween the eyes, and two below; sometimes there are small 
openings on the sides; suckers in two rows; third right arm 
hectocotylised. 
Distribution, 3 species. TT’. quoyanus, violaceus, and velifer. 
Atlantic and Mediterranean. 
Pinnoctrorvus, D’Orb. Finned octopus. 
Body with lateral fins, united behind. 
The only known species, P. cordiformis, was discovered by 
MM. Quoy and Gaimard, on the coast of New Zealand; it 
exceeds 3 feet in length 
ELEDONE. (Aristotle.) Leach, 
Type, K. octopodia, L. 
Suckers forming a single series on each arm; length 6 to 18 
inches. £. Moschata emits a musky smell. Third right arm 
hectocotylised ; permanently attached ; developed free. 
Distribution, 2 species. Coasts of Norway, Britain, and the 
Mediterranean. 
CIRROTEUTHIS. Eschricht. 1836. 
Synonyms, Sciadephorus (Reinh and Prosch); Bostrycho- 
teuthis (Ag.) 
Etymology, cirrus, a filament, and teuthis, a cuttle-fish. 
Body with two transverse fins; arms united by a web, nearly 
4o their tips; suckers in a single row, alternating with cirri. 
Length 10 inches. Colour violet. The only species (C. Miulleri, 
Esch.) inhabits the coast of Greenland. 
PHILONEXIS, D’Orb. 
Etymology, philos, an adept in nexis, swimming. 
Type, P. atlanticus, D’Orb. 
Arms free; suckers in two rows; mantle supported by two 
ridges on the funnel; eyes large and prominent. Total length, 
1 to 3 inches. 
Distribution, 6 species. Atlantic and Mediterranean. Gre- 
garious in the open sea; feeding on floating mollusca. 
ScmurGuSs. Troschel.. 1857. 
Body oval, without fins; wider than tho head; arms short; 
