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Aldrich's Australasian Inshore Squid
Australiteuthis aldrichi
Australiteuthis aldrichi is a small species of squid found in northern Australian waters. The species was described by Chung Cheng Lu in 2005 based on specimens collected in the inshore waters of Northern Australia. The largest known individual of this species is a mature female measuring 27.6 mm (1.09 in) in mantle length (ML). The holotype is a mature male of 21.3 mm (0.84 in) ML. A live specimen of A. aldrichi has yet to be recorded.
A. aldrichi is a member of the class Cephalopoda and part of the subclass Coleoidea. Within this class there are two orders, the Myopsida and the Oegopsida, which both fall under the superorder Decapodiformes. A. aldrichi falls under the order of Myopsida, and is the only member of its genus, Australiteuthis, and the family, Australiteuthidae.
From the article Australiteuthis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Members of the Myopsida order exhibit the following characteristics:
Arms and tentacles that contain circular muscles. Tentacles that are clubbed without a proximal locking-apparatus. The head contains tentacle pockets. The eyes contain a corneal membrane covering lens instead of a secondary eyelid. A funnel that does not contain adductor muscles. A mantle which contains a mantle locking apparatus. A shell underneath the mantle. Viscera and gills with a branchial canal. Eggs that contain a large external yolk sac.
Wikipedia: “Characteristics of Myopsida”
Range & habitat
Specimens of A. aldrich have been found in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf of Western Australia, the inshore waters of the Northern Territory of Australia as well as the Gulf of Papua in New Guinea. (PNG). It has been theorized that the species may live along the coastal regions in Australia and Papua New Guinea. The species has never been found alive and is only known from a handful of specimens collected in these areas. These A. aldrichi specimens were collected at depths between 9 metres (30 ft) to 61 metres (200 ft) by fishermen using beam trawls. It has also been speculated that the species may be a benthic squid but it is not yet truly known.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 700300.