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Resolving the taxonomic status of Asperoteuthis lui Salcedo-Vargas, 1999 (Cephalopoda, Chiroteuthidae) using integrative taxonomy

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Abstract

The biology and systematics of the squid genus Asperoteuthis Nesis, 1980, are poorly known. Although there have been four named and five described species in this genus, it now appears that there are only three valid species: A. acanthoderma (Lu, 1977), A. mangoldae Young, Vecchione & Roper, 2007a, and A. lui Salcedo-Vargas, 1999. Using a combination of mitochondrial DNA sequences (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I [COI], 16S rRNA, and 12S rRNA) and morphology, A. nesisi Arkhipkin & Laptikhovsky, 2008, and Clarke’s (1980) ‘?Mastigoteuthis A’ both appear to be junior synonyms of A. lui. The most distinctive feature of this species is the aboral tentacle club photophore distribution, which is chiral, with more photophores dorsally (∼11–16) than ventrally (∼9–12). Genetically, there is low intraspecific variation within A. lui and higher interspecific variation between this species and other chiroteuthids. Previously only known from the type description, A. lui now appears to have a circumpolar distribution in the Southern Ocean and is the most commonly encountered Asperoteuthis species in the diet of marine predators.

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Acknowledgments

I am grateful to the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Hutton Fund, which supported the genetic analysis for this study. I would like to thank the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, particularly Bruce Marshall, and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), especially Darren Stevens for help with specimen collection, beak identification, access to his beak collection, and photographs of Asperoteuthis lui. Many thanks go to the scientists and crew of the RV Tangaroa for always checking carefully for cephalopods and especially Ian “Hearn” Smith for finding the most complete A. lui specimen available for genetic analysis. Thanks to Adrian Turner at the Auckland University for assistance with critical-point drying, and Patrick Conor at AUT for platinum plating and imaging assistance. Many thanks go to Jesse Kelly for insightful comments and encouragement, Kat Bolstad for her endless patience, and to Steve O’Shea for the most intact A. lui specimen available from New Zealand waters for morphological examination.

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Braid, H.E. Resolving the taxonomic status of Asperoteuthis lui Salcedo-Vargas, 1999 (Cephalopoda, Chiroteuthidae) using integrative taxonomy. Mar Biodiv 47, 621–635 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0547-5

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  • Mollusca
  • Chiroteuthidae
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