Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca Author Amon, Diva J Author Ziegler, Amanda F Author Drazen, Jeffrey C Author Grischenko, Andrei V Author Leitner, Astrid B Author Lindsay, Dhugal J Author Voight, Janet R Author Wicksten, Mary K Author Young, Craig M Author Smith, Craig R text Biodiversity Data Journal 2017 5 14598 14598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598 1314-2828--14598 cf. Grimpoteuthis morphospecies cf. Grimpoteuthis morphospecies In the "Atlas of Abyssal Megafauna Morphotypes of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone" created for the ISA (http://ccfzatlas.com/), this morphospecies is listed as " Grimpoteuthis morphotype". Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; individualCount: 1 ; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Grimpoteuthis morphospecies; scientificName: Grimpoteuthis sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Opisthoteuthidae; genus: Grimpoteuthis; taxonRank: genus; scientificNameAuthorship: Robson, 1932; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4249; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude: 12.4983 ; decimalLongitude: -116.6453 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ; eventDate: 2015-03-03 ; eventTime: 22:05; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 5 (AV05); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; individualCount: 1 ; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Grimpoteuthis morphospecies; scientificName: Grimpoteuthis sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Opisthoteuthidae; genus: Grimpoteuthis; taxonRank: genus; scientificNameAuthorship: Robson, 1932; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4253; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude: 12.5012 ; decimalLongitude: -116.6500 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ; eventDate: 2015-03-04 ; eventTime: 3:56; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 5 (AV05); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; individualCount: 1 ; behavior: On seafloor; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Grimpoteuthis morphospecies; scientificName: Grimpoteuthis sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Opisthoteuthidae; genus: Grimpoteuthis; taxonRank: genus; scientificNameAuthorship: Robson, 1932; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4209; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude: 12.5720 ; decimalLongitude: -116.7349 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ; eventDate: 2015-03-09 ; eventTime: 7:42; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (AV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; individualCount: 1 ; behavior: On seafloor; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Grimpoteuthis morphospecies; scientificName: Grimpoteuthis sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Opisthoteuthidae; genus: Grimpoteuthis; taxonRank: genus; scientificNameAuthorship: Robson, 1932; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4224; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude: 12.5879 ; decimalLongitude: -116.7167 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ; eventDate: 2015-03-09 ; eventTime: 9:44; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (AV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Notes Octopod with moderate-sized paired fins emerging from lateral mantle, simple interbrachial web, often two-toned with light mantle, darker arms/web, and two rows of cirri lateral to arm suckers. Arms often held nearly straight. Often seen near or on the seafloor. Fig. 55