Cool! From the pictures the specimen looks to be in quite good condition given its ungraceful upheaval via trawl. Cheers!
What am I looking at here - are these TEETH instead of a beak? http://www.tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/PromachSpCOral.jpg
I can't either, but a google search found this: edit: a ToLweb link that works edit: better TOLweb link with species description
No. Just something weird happening with the buccal bulb musculature (surrounding the beaks). The exposure is a bit low so I can't honestly tell whether the beaks are still in there (there's very little damage to the buccal membrane, so I guess that they are). It would be so cool to have a squid with teeth! These (muscles) look more like dentures.
I thought I read that the beak was not described in detail on TOLweb because they didn't want to dissect the type specimen that much, so I inferred that the beak is in there somewhere in the pic... but maybe that was the sister species...
Hm, I always thought that picture was photoshopped. I can see why it can be mistaken of having teeth.
