Loliginidae
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| European squid (Loligo vulgaris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821 |
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Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida.
Taxonomy[]
The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida.
Taxonomic list[]
Doryteuthis opalescens paralarva
Lolliguncula brevis
The classification below follows Vecchione et al. (2005)[2] and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010).[3]
Several doubtfully distinct species have also been described; see the genus articles for these.
- Genus Afrololigo
- Afrololigo mercatoris, Guinean thumbstall squid
- Genus Alloteuthis
- Alloteuthis africanus, African squid
- Alloteuthis media, midsize squid
- Alloteuthis subulata, European common squid
- Genus Doryteuthis
- Subgenus Amerigo
- Doryteuthis gahi, Patagonian squid
- , bigeye inshore squid
- Doryteuthis opalescens, opalescent inshore squid
- Doryteuthis pealeii, longfin inshore squid
- , Surinam squid
- Subgenus Doryteuthis
- Doryteuthis plei, slender inshore squid
- , Roper inshore squid
- Subgenus unnamed
- , São Paulo squid
- Subgenus Amerigo
- Genus Heterololigo
- Heterololigo bleekeri, spear squid
- Genus Loligo
- Loligo forbesii, veined squid
- Loligo reynaudii, Cape Hope squid or chokka
- Loligo vulgaris, European squid
- Genus Loliolus
- Subgenus Loliolus
- Subgenus Nipponololigo
- , Beka squid
- Loliolus japonica, Japanese squid
- , Kobi squid
- , little squid
- Subgenus Loliolus
- Genus Lolliguncula
- Subgenus Loliolopsis
- , dart squid or shortarm gonate squid
- Subgenus Lolliguncula
- Lolliguncula brevis, Atlantic brief squid
- , Panama brief squid
- Subgenus Loliolopsis
- Genus Pickfordiateuthis
- Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, grass squid
- Genus Sepioteuthis
- Sepioteuthis australis, southern reef squid or southern calamary
- Sepioteuthis lessoniana, bigfin reef squid or northern calamary
- Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Caribbean reef squid
- Genus Uroteuthis
- Subgenus Aestuariolus
- Uroteuthis noctiluca, luminous bay squid
- Subgenus Photololigo
- Uroteuthis chinensis, mitre squid
- , Indian squid
- , swordtip squid
- , Siboga squid
- , long barrel squid
- Subgenus Uroteuthis
- Uroteuthis bartschi, Bartsch's squid
- Subgenus incertae sedis
- , Siboga squid
- Subgenus Aestuariolus
References[]
- ^ Brakoniecki, T.F. (1996). A revision of the genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953 (Cephalopoda; Myopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 58(1): 9–28.
- ^ Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). "Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids" (PDF). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66: 23–26.
- ^ Vecchione, M. & R.E. Young. (2010). Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821. The Tree of Life Web Project.
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