Abraliopsis (Pfefferiteuthis) chuni Nesis 1982

Abraliopsis chuni Nesis, 1982

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

DEPOSITION OF TYPES.—Holotype: ZMB, female, 38 mm ML, S.S. Valdivia sta 256, western Indian Ocean, 01°49′N, 45°29′E, date unknown, condition unknown.

Paratypes: None.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Tropical Indo-West Pacific, from eastern Africa to the Line Islands (Nesis, 1982).

COMMENTS.—The holotype is illustrated (as Abraliopsis morisii Verany) in Chun (1910, pl. V, pl. VIII: fig. 3, pl. IX: figs. 3, 4).

Abraliopsis chuni is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod known from Indo-Pacific waters. Very little is known of this species.