Monographic Revision of the Cephalopods of the Family Cranchiidae

Cranchiate头足类动物是一个不同的家庭鱿鱼， 是世界海洋的主要组成部分。 它们构成 在中层水深的食物网中的重要环节。 南希·沃斯博士曾多次获得美国国家科学基金会的系统奖， 对家族的地理和进化研究。 她有 要求继续支持编写专题报告， 两个属的修订，并为13个属的地理合成 属在家庭。 这个项目是一个自然的延续， 过去的贡献，并将最终导致综合的 家族的进化史和地理学史。 这项研究对研究人类的 其他头足类动物的进化和分布，以及其他 远洋动物群的成员。 应用科学家将拥有 改进的识别标准和出色的优势 物种图解指南。

Cranchiate cephalopods are a diverse family of squids that are a dominant component in the world's oceans. They constitute an important link in the food web in mid-water depth intervals. Dr. Nancy Voss has held several NSF awards for systematic, biogeographic and evolutionary study of the family. She has requested renewed support for the production of monographic revisions of two genera, and for a biogeographic synthesis of 13 genera in the family. This project is a natural continuation of past contributions and will lead eventually to a synthesis of the family's evolutionary and biogeographic history. The proposed research has wide implications for study of the evolution and distribution of other cephalopods, and of other members of the pelagic fauna. Applied scientists will have the benefit of improved identification criteria and superbly illustrated guides to species.