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Abraliopsis hoylei (Pfeffer, 1884)
ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Enoploteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1884:17, pl. 3: figs. 22, 22a, 22b.
DEPOSITION OF TYPES.—Holotype: ZMH (no longer extant), 29 mm ML, Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean (purchased from specimen dealer).
Paratypes: None.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Indian Ocean; Caribbean Sea (Nesis, 1975, as A. pfefferi hoylei).
COMMENTS.—The holotype was redescribed and was illustrated in Pfeffer (1912:153, pl. 17: figs. 1–9).
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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
Abraliopsis hoylei: Brief Summary
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Abraliopsis hoylei is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod whose type locality is the Mascarene Islands, but this is uncertain, and the type specimen has been damaged, making taxonomic determination difficult.
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Distribution
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(sub)tropical Indo-W Pacific
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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