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MADOKA SASAKI : 



Genus Sepioteuthis Blainville 1825. 

 19. Sepioteuthis lessoniana Férussac 1826. 



Local name : Aori-ika (Tokyo, Etchû), Mizu-ika (Nagasaki). 



Sepioteuthis lessoniana, Férussac, in d'Orbigny 1826, p. 155. — 

 d'Orbigny et Férussac 1839, P- 3 02 '< Sepioteuthis, pl. i; 

 pl. vi, figs. 9-14 (Indian Ocean, New Guinea, Papous, 

 Java, Cape Fabre, Trincomali, Malabar). — d'Orbigny 1845, 

 p. 326. — Gray 1849, p. 80 (New Zealand). — Keferstein 1866, 

 p. 1402, pi. cxxii, fig. 7 (Java). — Tryon 1879, p. 152, pi. 

 lxii, fig. 212; pi. lxiv, fig. 213. — Appellöf 1886, p. 32, pi. i, 

 fig. 11; pi. iii, figs. 11-15 (Nagasaki). — Hoyle 1886, p. 151 

 (Kandava, Fiji; Ternate). — Ortmann 1888, p. 657 (Tòkyo 

 Bay, Kagoshima). — Joubin 1894, p. 39 (Amboina). — Joubin 

 1898, p. 26 (Java, Timor, Morotai, Obi Island, Indian Ocean, 

 Cap Haitien). — Wülker 1910, p.n; anatomy, p. 26, pi. iii, 

 fig. 28; pi. iv, figs. 29, 31 (Misaki). — Berry 1912a, p. 401, 

 pi. vi, figs. 3, 5 (Tsuruga, Echizen Prow ; Misaki ; Fusan, 

 Korea ; Apia, Samoa). 



List of specimens examined. 



No. 



Specimens 



Mantle-length 



Locality 



Date 



Where pre- 

 served 



i 



7£ 





Tòkyo market 



Aug. 1885 



Sci. Coll. 



ii 



i£ 



107 mm 



Oshima, Izu 



April 1887 



do 



iii 



i£ 





Namerikawa, Etchû 



June 18S9 



do 



iv 







Kagoshima market 



April 17, 1896 



do 



V 





200 mm 



Miyazu, Tango 



July 8, 1903 



do 



