Abralia (Heterabralia) siedleckyi Lipinski 1983

Abralia siedleckyi Lipinski, 1983

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Abralia siedleckyi Lipinski, 1983:255, figs. 1–8.

DEPOSITION OF TYPES.—Holotype: SFI IXEN212, male, 31 mm ML, R/V Professor Siedlecki sta 98/43, South Atlantic, 39°05′08″S, 13°43′E, 3 Jul 1978, condition unknown.

Paratypes: SFI IXEN213, male, 30 mm ML, same lot as holotype, condition unknown. SFI IXEN214, female, 33 mm ML, same lot as holotype, condition unknown.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Southeast Atlantic.

Abralia similis Okutani and Tsuchiya, 1987

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Abralia similis Okutani and Tsuchiya, 1987:141, figs. 1–15.

DEPOSITION OF TYPES.—Holotype: NSMT Mo-66642, male, 18 mm ML, R/V Kaiyo-Maru sta 13, southern Japan, 30°03′12″N, 134°03′30″E, 13 Jul 1986.

Paratypes: NSMT Mo-66643, female, 21 mm ML, same lot as holotype. NSMT Mo-66644, male, 17 mm ML, R/V Kaiyo-Maru sta MT14, southern Japan, 30°04′30″N, 143°46′36″E, 9 Jun 1979. NSMT Mo-66645, female, 32 mm ML, R/V Kaiyo-Maru sta 35, southern Japan, 30°04′36″N, 134°27′54″E, 31 Jul 1986. NSMT Mo-66646, male, 19 mm ML, R/V Kaiyo-Maru sta MT30, southern Japan, 29°58′48″N, 143°53′06″E, 18 Jun 1979. NSMT Mo-66647, female, 25 mm ML, R/V Kaiyo-Maru sta 28, southern Japan, 30°08′42″N, 144°13′12″E, 17 Jun 1979. Condition unknown for type series.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Shikoku Basin, Northwest Pacific; off Tonga Islands (Riddell, 1985); possibly equatorial western Indian Ocean and eastern Pacific (Nesis and Nikitina, 1987).

COMMENTS.—Abralia n. sp. Riddell, 1985, is a synonym (Burgess, 1992). Nesis and Nikitina (1987) assigned Riddell's form to A. japonica Ishikawa, 1929. The latter was subsequently found to be a synonym of Watasenia scintillans by Tsuchiya and Okutani, 1988.

Abralia siedleckyi is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod known from its type locality in the waters off South Africa. It resembles A. heminuchalis, and may be synonymous with it.

mesopelagic