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Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis: Description continued

Richard E. Young, Michael Vecchione, and Clyde F. E. Roper
  1. Arms
    1. Web between arms IV absent.
    2. Low, gelatinous keels present on all arms; largest on arms I. Keels only apparent in specimens in very good condition.
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      Figure. Side view of the head and brachial crown of H. hawaiiensis, female, showing keels (arrows). The keel on arm IV (bottom arrow) is the lateral membrane which forms part of the tentacular sheath. Photograph by R. Young.

  2. Tentacles
    1. Tentacles with stubby tips.
    2. No enlarged suckers at proximal end of club.
    3. Tentacular organ does not overlap sucker-bearing portion of club.
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      Figure. Various views of the tentacular club of H. hawaiiensis. Top - Oral view. Drawing by Alan Hart. Bottom, upper - Dorsal view. Bottom lower - Oral view. Arrows point to tentacle organ. Photographs by R. Young.

  3. Funnel
    1. Funnel component of the funnel/mantle locking-apparatus with a deep, curved groove.
    2. Mantle component with a broadly curved ridge; anterior edge of ridge usually in shallow to deep depression (see photograph below under "Viscera".
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      Figure. Funnel/mantle locking-apparatus of H. hawaiiensis. Upper arrow - Side view of mantle component. Lower arrow - Frontal view of funnel component. Photograph by R. Young.

  4. Mantle
    1. Anterior mantle margin not fused to head.
    2. Anterior end of nuchal cartilage not fused to mantle.
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      Figure. Dorsal view of the nuchal cartilage of H. hawaiiensis. The mantle has been cut and folded back to expose the cartilage (arrow). Photograph by R. Young.

  5. Pigmentation and irridescence
    1. Irridescent tissue absent from ventral surface of funnel.
    2. Funnel chromatophores form a solid anteroventral patch that extends to the dorsal surface of the funnel tip.
    3. Head with clear patch of tissue ventral to eye and just anterior to attachment of lateral funnel adductor muscle but not extending to edge of secondary eyelid.
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      Figure. Ventrolateral view of the opened mantle cavity and funnel of H. hawaiiensis. Photograph by R. Young.

  6. Viscera
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    Figure. Ventral view of the opened mantle cavity of H. hawaiiensis, female. Note deep depression at the anterior end of the mantle component of the funnel/mantle locking apparatus (arrows) which suggests that the mantle component can strongly lock over the anterior end of the funnel component. Note also the visceral photophore, the nidamental glands and the oviducal opening. Photograph by R. Young. 

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


Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA

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