New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Discovery of a specimen of Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875) (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea) from New Zealand and additional notes on its morphology

ELLEN CELIAFORCH

Fisheries Research Centre Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P.O. Box 297, Wellington, New Zealand

YUJI UOZUMI

Far Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory Japan Fisheries Agency 7-l,5ChoMeOrido Shimizu 424, Japan

Abstract A specimen of Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875) (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea), known only from the holotype, has been discovered off New Zealand. The presence of paired male genitalia and five ocular photophores is confirmed. Additional descriptions include arm tip and keel morphology, integumenital photophores, and spermatophores. The specimen is deposited in the National Museum of New Zealand, catalogue no. NMNZM89588.

Keywords Lycoteuthidae; Lycoteuthis lorigera', photophores; spermatophores

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1990, Vol. 24:251-258 Crown copyright 1990 Received 7 June 1988; accepted 5 April 1990

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