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Abralia andamanica (Goodrich 1896)

Kotaro Tsuchiya
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Containing group: Abralia

Introduction

Abralia andamanica is broadly distributed and associated with shelf waters of the Indo-West Pacific.

Brief diagnosis:

An Abralia (Heterabralia) with ...

Characteristics

  1. Tentacle clubs
    1. Two or three hooks on ventral side.
    2. Two rows of large suckers on dorsal side of manus.
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    Figure. Oral view of the tentacular club of A. andamanica, Sagami Bay. Drawing from Tsuchiya (2000).

  2. Hectocotylus
    1. Left ventral arm of male hectocotylized.
    2. Hectocotylus with two differently sized off-set flaps.
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    Figure. Oral view of the hectocotylus of A. andamanica, Sagami Bay. Drawing from Tsuchiya (2000).

  3. Eye Photophores
    1. Five, complex photophores: two large terminal opaque organs and three intermediate silvery organs.
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    Figure. Ventral view of the ocular photophores of A. andamanica, Sagami Bay. Drawing from Tsuchiya (2000).

  4. Integumental Photophores
    1. Ventral mantle and head with scattered arrangement of integumental organs.

  5. Mantle apex ("tail")
    1. Unusually long

Nomenclaure

A. andamanica robsoni Grimpe, 1931 was described as a subspecies from Japanese waters with a linear photophore arrangement on the ventral head, but is considered to be a synonym (Tsuchiya and Okutani, 1989).

Distribution

Geographical distribution

This species was first described from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean. It is distributed widely from Sagami Bay, Central Japan through the East China Sea, and shelf waters of Southeast Asia, to the northern coast of Australia and the Indian coast.

References

Tsuchiya, K. 2000. Illustrated book of the Enoploteuthidae. In: Okutani T., ed. True face of Watasenia scintillans. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, p 196–269. (in Japanese)

Tsuchiya, K. and T. Okutani. 1988. Subgenera of Enoploteuthis, Abralia and Abraliopsis of the squid family Enoploteuthidae (Cephalopoda, Oegopsida). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (series A) 14: 119-136.

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Scientific Name Abralia andamanica
Location Sagami Bay
Reference from Tsuchiya (2000)
Sex Male
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