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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA 
7. Loligo BRASILIENSIS. 
Body elongate, subcylindrical, acuminate behind. Fins short, half 
the length of the body, together rhomboidal with rounded angles, 
broader than long. Sessile arms triangular ; ring oval, opening 
eccentric, higher side with six or eight broad teeth, cut square* 
Tentacular arms very long : cup unequal : ring of larger cups 
nearly regular, with acute equal-sized equal- distanced teeth ; of 
smaller oblique, with very long distant teeth on the higher, and 
short close ones on the narrow side. Shell narrow, lanceolate, 
depressed, broad above, with an additional groove on each side 
in front. 
Loligo brasiliensis Blainv. Journ. de Phys. 1823, Diet . des Sc. Nat. 
xxvii. 144. ; Feruss. D'Orb. Tab. des Ceph. 64., Ceph. Acet . t. 
12.; D' Orb. Voy. dans VAmer. Merid. Moll . 63., Moll, des An- 
tilles , i. 38. n. 10., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 344. 
Loligo Poeyianus Feruss. Cephal. Acet. Calmars , t. 19. f. 1, 2, 3* 
1833. 
Hab. Brazil, Island of Cuba. 
8. Loligo Gahi. 
Body elongate, subcylindrical, white, spotted with red. Fins ter** 
minal, short, one third the length of the body, rhomboidal, outer 
angle rounded, broader than long. Sessile arms very long; 
ring of cups very oblique, armed on the higher side with six 
broad blunt teeth. Tentacular arms with unequal cups : rings 
of larger cups oblique, armed with equal close blunt teeth ; of the 
smaller ones oblique, with acute teeth, longest on the higher 
side* Shell elongate, dilated behind, produced, narrow in front. 
Loligo Gahi _D’ Orb. 8f Feruss. Ceph. Acet. Calmar s, t. 21. f. 3, 4. ; 
D’ Orb. Voy. Am. Merid. v., Moll. 60. t. 3. f. 1, 2. 1835, Pa - 
leont. univ . t. 10. f. 12, 13., Paleont. etrang. t. 8. f. 12, 13., Moll. 
Viv. et Fos. i. 348. t. 18. f* 13, 14. ring of cups. 
Hab. South America, Chili. 
9. Loligo neglect a. 
Body oblong, subcylindrical. Fin two thirds the length of the 
body, rhombic, rounded on the sides. Tentacular arms with 
eight or nine very large cups in two rows, and small ones at the 
ends. Shell lanceolate. 
Loligo vulgaris D' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. t. 18. f. 1. 12. 
Hab. Atlantic. 
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