168 MANUAL OF THE MOLLUSCA. 
The calamaries are good swimmers; they also crawl, head 
downwards, on their oral disk. ‘The common species is used for 
bait, by fishermen, on the Cornish coast. (Couch.) Shells have 
been found in its stomach, and more rarely sea-weed. (Dr. 
Johnston.) Their egg-clusters haye been estimated to contain 
nearly 40,000 eggs. (Bohadsch.) 
Distribution, 24 species, in all seas. Norway—New Zealand. 
Fossil, 1 species. Lias. 
Sub-genus. Teudopsis, Deslongchamps, 1835. 
Etymology, teuthis, a calamary, and opsis, like. 
Type, T. Bunellu, Desl. 
Pen like loligo, but dilated and spatulate behind. 
Fossil, 5 species. Upper Lias, Oolite; France and Wurtemberg. | 
GONATUS, Gray. 
Animal and pen like loligo in most respects. Arms with four 
series of cups; tentacular club with numerous small cups, and a 
single large sessile cup armed with a hook; funnel yalveless. 
Distribution, a single species (G. amcena, Miller sp.) is found 
on the coast of Greenland. 
SEPIOTEUTHIS, Blainville. 
Synonyms, (?) Loliolus (Steenstrup); Chondrosepia (Leuckart). 
Type, 8. sepioidea, Bl. Animal like loliyo; fins lateral, as 
long as the body. Length from 4 inches to 3 feet. Fourth left 
arm hectocotylised at the apex. 
Distribution, 13 species. West Indies, Cape, Red Sea, Java, 
Australia, Mediterranean. 
BELOTEUTHIS, Munster. 
Kitymology, belos, a dart, and teuthis. 
Type, B. subcostata, Minster. Pl. IL, fig. 8., Upper Lias, 
Wurtemberg. 
Pen horny, lanceolate; with a very broad shaft, pointed at 
each end, and small lateral wings. 
Distribution, 6 species described by Minster, considered 
varieties of one only (differing in age and sex) by M. D’Orbigny 
GEOTEUTHIS, Minster. 
Hiymology, ge, the earth (i.e. fossil), and teuthis. 
Synonyms, belemnosepia (Agassiz), belopeltis (Voltz), loligo - 
sepia (Quenstedt), Coccoteuthis, Owen (part) 
Type, Loligo Aalensis (Schubler). 
