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Abraliopsis (Pfefferiteuthis) atlantica Nesis 1982

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Abraliopsis atlantica Nesis, 1982

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) atlantica Nesis, 1982:172 (footnote).

DEPOSITION OF TYPES.—Holotype: ZMB, male, 20 mm ML, S.S. Valdivia sta 54, Gulf of Guinea, 01°51′N, 00°31′E, date unknown, condition unknown.

Paratypes: None.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Eastern tropical Atlantic (Chun, 1910, as A. morisii; Cairns, 1976, as Abraliopsis sp.).

COMMENTS.—The holotype is illustrated (as Abraliopsis morisii Verany) in Chun (1910, pl. VI: fig. 1, pl. VIII: figs. 1, 5, pl. X: fig. 1).
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Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume I." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-276. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586