A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic: The Family Cycloteuthidae

• Published in: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
• Main Authors: Young, R. E., Roper, Clyde F. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Smithsonian Institution 1969
• Subjects: Indian; Joubin; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34329/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34329/7/1246.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.5

A new family of oegopsid cephalopods, Cycloteuthidae, is erected as a result of the elevation of Naef's subfamily Cycloteuthinae. Cycloteuthis sirventi Joubin, 1919, is redescribed based on new material from the Atlantic Ocean. A new genus, Discoteuthis, and two new species, D. discus and D. la...