Atlantic Cranch Squid

Description: English: Tentacle of Teuthowenia megalops with closeups of suckers. Date: 14 March 2012. Source: Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Author: William Evans Hoyle.

Description: English: Teuthowenia megalops anatomy: Left to Right: Gladius Closeup examples of arm suckers (note teeth either absent or present on distal/lateral part of margin; rounded to triangular) Tentacle (not zigzag pattern of carpal suckers) Closeup of examples of tentacular suckers (note teeth present on entire margin; sharply pointed). Date: 14 March 2012. Source: Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Author: William Evans Hoyle.

Description: English: Dorsal view of Teuthowenia megalops. Date: 14 March 2012. Source: Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Author: William Evans Hoyle.

Description: Teuthowenia megalops model(?) at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Source: Cockatoo Squid. Author: Ryan Somma.

Description: A bathyscaphoid squid (Teuthowenia megalops) swimming in the "cockatoo" posture. The animal rotates around the spindle-shaped digestive gland, which it keeps vertical regardless of the orientation of the mantle and head. Date: 2004. Source: Video courtesy of Estuary to the Abyss 2004 Exploration. Author: George Sedberry, NOAA-OE.

Description: English: Teuthowenia megalops arms and buccal cavity. Note greatly enlarged suckers on the midportion of the third and second pair of arms. Date: 14 March 2012. Source: Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Author: William Evans Hoyle.

Description: English: Teuthowenia megalops subadult. Date: 18 March 2012. Source: Addison Emery Verrill (1878–1882). "The cephalopods of the north-eastern coast of America". Author: Addison Emery Verrill.

Description: English: Teuthowenia megalops paralarva eye. Date: 17 March 2012. Source: Georg Johann Pfeffer (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Author: Georg Johann Pfeffer.

Description: A bathyscaphoid squid (Teuthowenia megalops) swimming in the "cockatoo" posture. The animal rotates around the spindle-shaped digestive gland, which it keeps vertical regardless of the orientation of the mantle and head. (edited out text). Date: 2004. Source: Video courtesy of Estuary to the Abyss 2004 Exploration. Author: George Sedberry, NOAA-OE.

Description: English: Teuthowenia megalops paralarvae at different growth stages, with a closeup of the suckers on a tentacle. Date: 17 March 2012. Source: Georg Johann Pfeffer (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Author: Georg Johann Pfeffer.

Description: English: Teuthowenia megalops anatomy: Counterclockwise from top: Dorsal aspect Arms and buccal cavity. (note greatly enlarged suckers on the midportion of the third and second pair of arms) Closeup examples of arm suckers (note teeth either absent or present on distal/lateral part of margin; rounded to triangular) Gladius Tentacle (not zigzag pattern of carpal suckers) Closeup of examples of tentacular suckers (note teeth present on entire margin; sharply pointed). Date: 15 March 2012. Source: Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Author: William Evans Hoyle.

Description: English: Closeup of the eyes of Teuthowenia megalops (ventral view). The three photophores are visible on each eye (light yellow-golden areas). Date: 6 June 2004. Source: NOAA Fisheries Service. Author: Michael Vecchione, NOAA.

Description: English: Gladius of Teuthowenia megalops. Date: 14 March 2012. Source: Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Author: William Evans Hoyle.

Description: English: Teuthowenia megalops distribution map. Dark green: Confirmed distribution Light green: Possible distribution. Date: 15 March 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Obsidian Soul.