''Slosarczykovia'' is a monotypic genus of

squid True squid are molluscs with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the superorder Decapodiformes, though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite not strictly fitting t ...

, its sole representative being ''Slosarczykovia circumantarctica''. ''Slosarczykovia'' is placed in the family

Brachioteuthidae Brachioteuthidae is a family of squid containing two genera and around six species. Species *Genus ''Brachioteuthis'' **''Brachioteuthis beanii'' **''Brachioteuthis behnii'' **''Brachioteuthis bowmani'' * **''Brachioteuthis picta'', ornate arm ...

. ''Slosarczykovia circumantarctica'' is a relatively large species of squid attaining a

mantle A mantle is a piece of clothing, a type of cloak. Several other meanings are derived from that. Mantle may refer to: *Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear **Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox ve ...

length of 170 mm, the mantle having a long and slender form with rhomboid shaped fins placed posteriorly. accessed Feb 25 2018. The suckers on the arms are very variable some completely lacking in teeth, others with few teeth and yet others with many teeth. The tentacles have the largest suckers running from the proximal manus and these are about three quarters in diameter of largest sucker from proximal

dactylus The dactylus is the tip region of the tentacular club of cephalopods and of the leg of some crustaceans (see arthropod leg). In cephalopods, the dactylus is narrow and often characterized by the asymmetrical placement of suckers (i.e., the ve ...

. The suckers on the tentacular club are weakly differentiated. There is no carpal locking mechanism and there are 13 small carpal suckers which form a row along the dorsal margin of the manus. In squid with a mantle length of greater than 60mm the mantle, fins, head and arms are covered in a fibrous, net like covering of the integument. There is no hectocotylus on the males. ''Slosarczykovia circumantarctica'' was described from a type specimen collected off Wilkes Land, Antarctica and it is thought to have a distribution throughout the seas around Antarctica. It is one of the most common species of squid in Antarctic waters but little is known of the biology of this pelagic species. It is not currently fished for. The generic name ''Slosarczykovia'' honours was derived from the surname of the late Dr Wieslaw Slósarczyk, who was responsible for collecting almost all the specimens used to

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the species while the

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''circumantarctica'' refers to the circumpolar distribution of the species in the Southern Ocean.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q18581436 Squid Molluscs described in 2001 Cephalopod genera Monotypic mollusc genera