Loliginidae

Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida.

Loliginidae
European squid (Loligo vulgaris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Myopsida
Family: Loliginidae
Lesueur, 1821
Genera

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Loligoidea Lesueur, 1821 (in part)
  • Loligidae d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Loliginei Steenstrup, 1861
  • Pickfordiateuthidae Voss, 1953

Taxonomy

The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida.

Taxonomic list
Doryteuthis opalescens paralarva
Loliolus sumatrensis
Lolliguncula brevis
Caribbean reef squid
(Sepioteuthis sepioidea)
Bigfin reef squid
(Sepioteuthis lessoniana)

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
  • Genus Doryteuthis
    • Subgenus Amerigo
      • Doryteuthis gahi, Patagonian squid
      • Doryteuthis ocula, bigeye inshore squid
      • Doryteuthis opalescens, opalescent inshore squid
      • Doryteuthis pealeii, longfin inshore squid
      • Doryteuthis surinamensis, Surinam squid
    • Subgenus Doryteuthis
    • Subgenus unnamed
      • Doryteuthis sanpaulensis, São Paulo squid
  • Genus Heterololigo
    • Heterololigo bleekeri, spear squid
  • Genus Loligo
  • Genus Loliolus
    • Subgenus Loliolus
      • Loliolus affinis
      • Loliolus hardwickei
    • Subgenus Nipponololigo
      • Loliolus beka, Beka squid
      • Loliolus japonica, Japanese squid
      • Loliolus sumatrensis, Kobi squid
      • Loliolus uyii, little squid
  • Genus Lolliguncula
    • Subgenus Loliolopsis
      • Lolliguncula diomedeae, dart squid or shortarm gonate squid
    • Subgenus Lolliguncula
      • Lolliguncula argus
      • Lolliguncula brevis, Atlantic brief squid
      • Lolliguncula panamensis, Panama brief squid
  • Genus Pickfordiateuthis
  • 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
    • Subgenus Photololigo
      • Uroteuthis abulati
      • Uroteuthis arabica
      • Uroteuthis bengalensis
      • Uroteuthis chinensis, mitre squid
      • Uroteuthis duvaucelii, Indian squid
      • Uroteuthis edulis, swordtip squid
      • Uroteuthis robsoni
      • Uroteuthis sibogae, Siboga squid
      • Uroteuthis singhalensis, long barrel squid
      • Uroteuthis vossi
    • Subgenus Uroteuthis
    • Subgenus incertae sedis
      • Uroteuthis pickfordi, Siboga squid
      • Uroteuthis reesi
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References
  1. Brakoniecki, T.F. (1996). A revision of the genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953 (Cephalopoda; Myopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 58(1): 9–28.
  2. 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.
  3. Vecchione, M. & R.E. Young. (2010). Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821. The Tree of Life Web Project.


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