Pickfo rdiateuthis bayeri, a new species of squid (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the western North Atlantic Ocean discovered by submersible
We describe a previously unrecognized species of loliginid squid from the Bahama Islands, western North Atlantic. Two specimens of Pickfordiateuthis bayeri n.sp. were collected by submersible from a large aggregation in mid-water (110-113 m over a depth of 1000 m) offshore of Abaco Island. Both spec...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Biological Society of Washington
2001
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53411/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53411/1/4107.pdf |
| Summary: | We describe a previously unrecognized species of loliginid squid from the Bahama Islands, western North Atlantic. Two specimens of Pickfordiateuthis bayeri n.sp. were collected by submersible from a large aggregation in mid-water (110-113 m over a depth of 1000 m) offshore of Abaco Island. Both specimens were fully mature, mated, un-spawned females. We suggest that the occurrence of P. bayeri in this habitat, unusual for all known species of the genus, represents an offshore mating migration. |
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