Abraliopsis gilchristi explained

Abraliopsis gilchristi is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod found in southern temperate waters of the south Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand to South Africa, where it is abundant. It undergoes a vertical daily migration, spending the day at depth and moving closer to the surface at night^[1] to feed on copepods, euphausiids and hyperiids. Spawning appears to occur between September and December. It was first described in 1924 as Abralia gilchristi by Guy Coburn Robson.^{[2] [3]} The specific name honours the Scottish zoologist John Gilchrist (1866-1926) who was the first director of the Marine Biological Survey in Cape Town.^[4] The type specimen was taken off Cape Town and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.^[5]

External links

• Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) gilchristi: images & occurrence data from GBIF

Notes and References

1. Book: P. Jereb . C.F.E. Roper . 2010 . Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids . Food and Agriculture Organization Rome . 978-92-5-106720-8 . 197 .
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abraliopsis gilchristi (G. C. Robson, 1924) . 2024-10-31 . www.marinespecies.org.
3. 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
4. Web site: Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. G. . 4 March 2018 . Hans G. Hansson.
5. Web site: Recent Cephalopod Primary Type Specimens: A Searching Tool . Michael J. Sweeney . 4 March 2018 . Wordpress.