(Galiteuthis armata)

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Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898

This is a rather small species, with mantle length up to 610 mm. It is a meso-bathypelagic species, distributed in the Atlantic from about 25º S on the African shores and up to the north from Nova Scotia in the western North Atlantic, up to about 60 º N in the central North Atlantic and up to 62 º N on the Norwegian shores. A single specimen was collected in the year 2015, in the southern part of Denmark Strait, at 65.6 º N. It seems most likely that the species also occurs in Iceland waters, although it was not found during the BIOICE program, which was focused on sampling the benthic fauna. 

References:

Jereb P., Roper C. F. E. (eds) Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 2010. 605p.

Xavier J. C., Cherel Y., Allcock L., Rosa R., Sabirov R. M., Blicher M. E., Golikov A. V. A review on the biodiversity, distribution and trophic role of cephalopods in the Arctic and Antarctic marine ecosystems under a changing ocean. Marine Biology, 2018. Vol. 165. – 26 p.

Alexey V. Golikov and Rushan M. Sabirov, Kazan Federal University, Department of Zoology; and Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Department of Collections and Systematics

Please cite this page as: Golikov A. V., Sabirov R. M., Gudmundsson G. (2018) Cephalopoda (Smokkdýr), Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898, http://www.ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/cephalopoda/galiteuthis-armata

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