Catalogue of Cephalopods at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory

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NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-16
Catalogue of Cephalopods at the
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
by
Clifford H. Fiscus
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
June 1993
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Fiscus, C. H. 1993. Catalogue of cephalopods at the National Marine
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NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-16
Catalogue of Cephalopods at the
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
by
Clifford H. Fiscus
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
7600 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98115-0070
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Ronald H. Brown, Secretary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Diana Josephson, Deputy Under Secretary
June 1993
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE . vii
CATALOGUE 1
Number Specimens
Each Category
Order Sepiida . . 1
Family Sepiidaea. 1 1
Sepia esculenta 2 1
Sepia kobiensis 1 1
Sepia andreana. 1 1
Order Sepiolida . 2
Family Sepiolidaea. 2
Rossia pacifica 6 2
Order Teuthida . . .a 4
Suborder Myopsida
Family Loliginidae. 4
Loligo japonica 1 4
Loligo opalescens .43 4
Loligo pealei?. 1 15
1 . .
Doryteuthis bleekeri. 15
Lolliquncula brevis 2 • . 15
Suborder Oegopsida
Family Enoploteuthidae. 17
Abraliopsis affinis . 1 17
Abraliopsis sp. . . . .14 17
Watasenia scintillans 3 19
Pteryqioteuthis gemmata (giardi). 1 20
Family Octopoteuthidae. . 21
Octopoteuthis deletron. 7 . 21
Taningia danae. . 3 • 22
23
Family Onychoteuthidae.
23
Onychoteuthis banksii 3
Onychoteuthis borealijaponica .58 . 23
Moroteuthis robusta .22 38
Family Gonatidae. 44
Gonatus berryi. . a. . 4 44
Gonatus rnadokai . . .11 45
Gonatus rniddendorffi. 8 47
so
Gonatus onyx. .19
Gonatus pyros . . . 8 54
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Number Specimens
Each Category
Family Gonatidae (Cont.) . . 55
Gonatus sp. (fabricii type) . 9 56
Gonatus sp. . . .13. 57
Eogonatus tinr.o . 3 61
Gonatopsis borealis .63 62
Gonatopsis makko . . . 2 78
Gonatopsis Type A Kubodera. . 1 78
Berryteuthis anonychus. .10 78
Berrvteuthis magiste� .24 82
Family Architeuthidae . 92
Architeuthis japonica .12 92
Family Histioteuthidae . . 95
Histioteuthis dofleini. 8 95
Histioteuthis heteropsis. 2 96
Family Ommastrephidae 98
Illex illecebrosus. 1 98
Illex argentinus. . 1 98
Todarodes pacificus 4 99
Nototodarus gouldi. 2 100
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Nototodarus sloani. 2 . 100
Ommastrephes bartrami .17 102
Dosidicus gigas . . 20 107
2
Sthenoteuthis (Symplectoteuthis) oualaniensis 112
Eucleoteuthis (Symplectoteuthis) luminosa 1 112
.
Family Thysanoteuthidae 113
Thysanoteuthis rombus . 1 113
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. .
Family Chiroteuthidae 114
.
Chiroteuthis calyx . . 4 114
Chiroteuthis sp. ... • 8 114
Family Mastigoteuthidae 117
Mastigoteuthis sp .. 1 117
Family Cranchiidae. 118
Cranchia scabra.. 3 118
Taonius pavo . . 4 119
.
Megalocranchia sp .. 6 120
Galiteuthis sp. .16 122
Galiteuthis phyllura. 2 123
.
Mesonychoteuthis sp. . . 1 125
V
Number Specimens
Each Category
Order Vampyrornorpha . . 128
Family Varnpyroteuthidae 128
Vampyroteuthis infernalis 7 128
Order Octopoda. 130
Suborder Cirrata
Family Opisthoteuthidae 130
3 .
Opisthoteuthis californiana 130
Suborder Incirrata
Family Bolitaenidae 131
6
Japetella heathi . . 131
Family Octopodidae. 133
Octopus dofleini. .22 . 133
Octopus bimaculatus . 1 141
Octopus rubescens . . 3 141
Octopus sp. .13 142
3
Benthoctopus sp. A. 145
Family Tremoctopodidae. 146
3
Tremoctopus sp. . 146
Family Ocythoidae 148
7
Ocythoe tuberculata 148
Family Argonautidae 150
Argonauta pacifica. 1 150
Family Allopsidae
2
Alloposus mollis. 151
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 152
CITATIONS . . 153
APPENDIX A - Sequential listing of catalogue numbers. 161
APPENDIX B - Marine mammal predators noted in catalogue
and cephalopod prey. . . . . . . 169
APPENDIX C - Reexamination of cephalopod beaks from
previously published papers. . . 175
APPENDIX D - Examination of cephalopod beaks from the
stomachs of marine mammals (To the best of
our knowledge, these data not published
elsewhere} . . 1 79