Mastigoteuthis microlucens, a new species of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

R. E. Young; A. Lindgren; M. Vecchione

doi:10.2988/07-40.1

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R. E. Young,¹ A. Lindgren,² M. Vecchione³

¹a(REY) Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. ryoung
²b(AL) Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
³c(MV) Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Museum of Natural History,

Abstract

We describe a new species, Mastigoteuthis microlucens, of the family Mastigoteuthidae from the tropical North Pacific. Its most distinctive morphological character is the presence of microscopic photophores in the integument. Morphological data indicate that its closest relative is the Atlantic Ocean species Mastigoteuthis magna. Molecular data from three genes, based on four species for which molecular data is available, indicates that Mastigoteuthis microlucens differs from its closest relative, M. magna, by a sufficient degree to substantiate its separate species status.

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R. E. Young, A. Lindgren, and M. Vecchione "Mastigoteuthis microlucens, a new species of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121(2), 276-282, (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.2988/07-40.1

Published: 1 August 2008

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