Biology:Asperoteuthis mangoldae

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Asperoteuthis mangoldae
Asperoteuthis mangoldae.jpg
Asperoteuthis mangoldae paratype
(100 mm ML)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Chiroteuthidae
Genus: Asperoteuthis
Species:
A. mangoldae
Binomial name
Asperoteuthis mangoldae
Young, Vecchione & Roper, 2007[2]

Asperoteuthis mangoldae, previously known as Asperoteuthis sp. A, is a chiroteuthid squid known only from the waters off the Hawaiian Islands. It differs from the closely related Asperoteuthis acanthoderma in lacking integumental tubercles and elongate fins. This species also possesses a characteristic curved groove in its funnel locking apparatus.[3]

A. mangoldae is known from 18 specimens and was formally described in 2007. The holotype was collected in 1972 in an opening-closing trawl at a depth of 820–870 m (2,690–2,850 ft) in Hawaiian waters. The coordinates of the type locality are [ ⚑ ] 21°25′N 158°20.5′W / 21.417°N 158.3417°W / 21.417; -158.3417.[3] The species was filmed alive for the first time in July 2019, recorded off Jarvis Island by the EV Nautilus at a depth of 930 m (3,050 ft). It was identified as A. mangoldae by Michael Vecchione,[4] an American zoologist who contributed to the description of the species.

The specific name honors Switzerland marine biologist Dr. Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922–2003), who worked at the Laboratoire Arago, Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Dr Mangold spent a part of her career studying cephalopods in Hawaii.[3]

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4807916 entry