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Hab. Indian Ocean. 
a. Borneo. ? In spirits. Half-grown. Presented by Capt. 
Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. R.N. 
b. Shell of a. 
c. New Zealand. In spirits. Adult. Presented by A. Sin- 
clair, M.D. R.N. 
d. Shell of c. 
7. ANCISTROTEUTHIS. 
Body smooth. — Tentacular arms with a round group of small cups 
with rings at the base and apex of the club ; and with two 
alternating series of hooks ; the upper series the largest. — Shell 
horny, linear, very narrow, gradually widening to the front 
or upper end ; sides thickened on the edge ; apex conical, long, 
and obliquely produced, horny. — Otherwise like Onychoteuthis . 
* Body smooth. 
1. ANCISTROTEUTHIS LlCHTENSTEINn. 
Head large, with eight longitudinal ridges. Body elongate, nar- 
rowed posteriorly, produced. Fins triangular, together rhom- 
boidal. Sessile arms subulate, unequal ; in length, 4, 3, 2, 1 ; 
cups very much crowded ; rings with entire edges ; dorsal pair 
rounded behind ; second pair slightly ; third pair broadly webbed 
in the middle, externally; fourth pair webbed externally at 
the base. Tentacular arms ; the basal group of cups twenty- 
one, about half closed ; the apical group sixteen or seventeen, 
all open, and with rings ; hooks twenty-two. Shell depressed, 
narrowed, transparent ; apex longly produced, solid, cartilagi- 
nous, compressed. 
Onychoteuthis Bellonii Feruss. D'Orb. Ceph . Acet. 1835. 
Onychoteuthis Lichtensteinii Feruss . MS. 1834 ; Feruss. et U Orb. 
Ceph. Acet. Onych. t. 8. anim., t. 14. f. 1 — 3. shell, 1839; D’ Orb. 
Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 391. t. 26. f. 8 — 12. 
Hab. The Mediterranean, near Nice. 
a. Mediterranean, Messina. In spirits. Adult. 
b. The shell of a. 
c. Mediterranean. In spirits. Adult. Presented by P. B, 
Webb, Esq. 
2. ANCISTROTEUTHIS KrOHNII. 
Tentacular arms short ; club with a series of hooks on one, and of 
small cups on the other, margin. Shell linear, narrow at the 
base, margined on the edge, rather wider above the middle ; 
the apex with a conical produced tip. 
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