Abraliopsis gilchristi is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopods found in southern temperate waters of the south Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand to South Africa, where it is abundant.[2] It undergoes a vertical daily migration, spending the day at depth and moving closer to the surface at night[4] to feed on copepods, euphausiids and hyperiids. Spawning appears to occur between September and December.[2] It was first described in 1924 as Abralia gilchristi by Guy Coburn Robson.[5][6] The specific name honours the Scottish zoologist John Gilchrist (1866-1926) who was the first director of the Marine Biological Survey in Cape Town.[7] The type specimen was taken off Cape Town and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.[8]
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| photo:NCMI specimen MIIC-00735[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Enoploteuthidae |
| Genus: | Abraliopsis |
| Subgenus: | Micrabralia |
| Species: | A. gilchristi
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| Abraliopsis gilchristi | |
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References
edit- ^ "CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure: Abraliopsis gilchristi: Occurrence 4147427200".
- ^ a b c Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abraliopsis gilchristi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T163235A988278. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163235A988278.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) gilchristi Robson, 1924". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. p. 197. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abraliopsis gilchristi (G. C. Robson, 1924)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ Robson, G. C. (1924). Preliminary Report on the Cephalopoda (Decapoda) procured by the S.S. “Pickle”. Report of the Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey of the Union of South Africa, 3:1–14
- ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. G." Hans G. Hansson. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Michael J. Sweeney. "Recent Cephalopod Primary Type Specimens: A Searching Tool" (PDF). Wordpress. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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