A New Species of Squid, Histioteuthis Cookiana from New Zealand Waters
Abstract
Abstract
Specimens of a Histioteuthid squid, previously recorded from New Zealand as Calliteuthis reversa Verrill, are described as Histioteuthis cookiana n.sp. The new species is closely allied to Calliteuthis miranda Berry from Australia, and from a study of the characters of the genera of the Histioteuthidae it is shown that the two species are best placed in Histioteuthis.