A Mature Female of Bathothauma Chun, 1906 (Cephalopoda: Cranchiidae) from Hawaii

Janet R. Voight

doi:10.4003/006.026.0213

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Janet R. Voight¹

¹Department of Zoology, The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605, U.S.A., Jvoight@fieldmuseum.org

Abstract

A gravid female of the cranchiid squid genus Bathothauma Chun, 1906 was collected from 1027 m depth in excellent condition, other than having a ruptured ovary and tentacles reduced to stubs. The 2 mm diameter eggs, 18 spermatangia embedded in the skin of her mantle, head, and eye, and the very pronounced nidamental glands indicate full sexual maturity. The eggs are over three times larger than those previously reported in the genus.

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Janet R. Voight "A Mature Female of Bathothauma Chun, 1906 (Cephalopoda: Cranchiidae) from Hawaii," American Malacological Bulletin 26(1/2), 133-136, (29 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.4003/006.026.0213

Received: 8 April 2008; Accepted: 24 July 2008; Published: 29 December 2008

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