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Vol. 41 No. 2, 2002
A New Species of Luteuthis
(Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda: Cirrata) from the South China Sea
Steve
O'Shea1 and Chung Cheng Lu2,*
1National
Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
2Department of Zoology, National Chung Hsing
University and Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of
Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan 402
Steve
O'Shea and Chung Cheng Lu (2002) Luteuthis shuishi sp. nov., the 2nd
known species in a recently described cirrate family and genus,
Luteuthidae and Luteuthis,
previously known from the southwestern Pacific, is described from the
South China Sea. Pre-fixed (fresh) morphologies of this species, and of
the type species of the genus L.
dentatus O’Shea, 1999 are provided. The relationship between Luteuthis and Grimpoteuthis tuftsi Voss and
Pearcy, 1990 is evaluated. We suggest that G. tuftsi be placed in the family
Luteuthidae, but because of a lack of adequate comparative material, no
formal action is taken to prescribe it to a new genus. Previous family
and generic diagnoses are amended to take into account the increased
species and associated anatomical diversity.
Key words: Cirrates,
Luteuthis, Grimpoteuthis, Opisthoteuthis, Systematics.
*Correspondence: Fax: 886-4-285-1797. E-mail:
cclu@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
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