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Histioteuthis corona (Voss and Voss 1962)

Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione
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Holotype 46 mm ML, female. Deposited at USNM #576160.
Containing group: Histioteuthidae

Characteristics

  1. Head
    1. Beaks: Descriptions can be found here: Lower beak; upper beak.

  2. Photophores
    1. Head photophores Type 2a (e.g,. 2 photophores in Midline Series, 3 in Basal Arm IV Row).
  3. Suckers
    1. Sucker rings on arms IV with many low, square teeth on entire margin or only on distal margin.
    2. Rings on enlarged median suckers of manus with 33-38 triangular or narrow pointed teeth.

Comments

More details of the description can be found here.

Species of the corona-group are distinguished by the following characteristics:

  1. Photophores
    1. Type 2 head-photophore pattern (e.g., 2 Midline Series photophores, 3 or 4 Basal Arm IV Row photophores and no rogue photophore) .
    2. Basal Row with 7 photophores.
    3. Right Basal Series present.
    4. Arms IV without separate series of compound photophores at arm tip.
    5. Compound photophores on anterior half of ventral mantle uniform in size.
  2. Arms
    1. Suckers with smooth rings on arms I-III except at distal ends and occasionally on basal suckers.
    2. Suckers of arms IV with dentition.
  3. Tubercles
    1. Absent

The following table compares differences among members of the corona-group. H. cerasina and H. corona are very similar but occupy different oceans.

Character Photophores
Arms IV
No. of series
Suckers
Dentition
Manus, large
H. corona 3 33-38
H. berryi 4 28-34
H. cerasina 3 40-60

Except for the analysis of head photophores, this description is from Voss (1969) and Voss, et al. (1998).

Nomenclature

Voss, et al. (1998) consider this taxon the subspecies H. corona corona.

Life History

Males are known to be mature at 110-188 mm ML; female size at maturity is unknown, largest female is 168 mm ML. Large, maturity-related, simple photophores absent (Voss, et al., 1998).

Distribution

Geographical distribution

Type locality: 29°10'N, 88° 00'W. H. corona is found only in the Atlantic Ocean et al., 1998).
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Figure. Distribution chart of H. corona. Chart modified from Voss, et al., 1998.

References

Voss, N. A. 1969. A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic: The family Histioteuthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci., 19: 713-867.

Voss, N.A., K. N. Nesis, P. G. Rodhouse. 1998. The cephalopod family Histioteuthidae (Oegopsida): Systematics, biology, and biogeography. Smithson. Contr. Zool., 586(2): 293-372.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Histioteuthis corona
Location 29° 05'' N, 88° 09'' W
Reference from Voss, N. A. 1969. A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic: The family Histioteuthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci. 19:713-867 (Fig.18a). printed with permission
Sex Female
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Size 33 mm ML
Copyright © 1969 Bulletin of Marine Science
Scientific Name Histioteuthis corona
Comments before fixation
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Copyright © Vicente Hernandez
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Drawings from Voss (1969) printed with the Permission of the Bulletin of Marine Science.


University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA


National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. , USA

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