Pterygioteuthis hoylei

Pterygioteuthis hoylei is a species of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is considered conspecific with Pterygioteuthis giardi by some authorities. It can be identified from P. giardi by having four photophores on the tentacles and many chromatophores spread along the tentacle stalk and around the aboral surface of the tentacular club. It is also slightly larger than P. giardi, it has been so far recorded only from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean where it is the only species of in the family Pyroteuthidae to occur there, although its actual distribution may be wider than currently known.[3] The specific name honours the British malacologist William Evans Hoyle (1855-1926).[4]

Pterygioteuthis hoylei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Pyroteuthidae
Genus: Pterygioteuthis
Species:
P. hoylei
Binomial name
Pterygioteuthis hoylei
(Pfeffer, 1912[2]
Synonyms

Pyroteuthis (Pterygioteuthis) giardi hoylei Pfeffer, 1912

References
  1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Pterygioteuthis hoylei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T190950A1962097. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T190950A1962097.en. Downloaded on 18 March 2018.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Pterygioteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1912". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. Lindgren, Annie & Richard E. Young (2011). "Pterygioteuthis hoylei Pfeffer 1912 previously considered Pterygioteuthis giardi hoylei. Version 11 January 2011 (under construction)". The Tree of Life Web Project.
  4. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. H". Hans G. Hansson. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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