Note

Taxa Associated with the Family Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857

Michael J. Sweeney and Richard E. Young

(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Cycria Leach, in Gray, 1849:58.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Listed as synonym of Ommastrephes [fide Hoyle (1910:408)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- No type given [fide Hoyle (1910:408)]

Dosidicus Steenstrup, 1857a:120.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Wormuth (1998:377)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Ommastrephes gigas D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847 by monotypy and synonymy with original designation, Dosidicus eschrichtii Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:509)]

Eucleoteuthis Berry, 1916:60.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Wormuth (1998:379)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Symplectoteuthis luminosa Sasaki, 1915 by original designation

Hyaloteuthis Pfeffer, 1884:28.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Preoccupied by Gray, 1849 [see Toroteuthis Tomlin, 1931]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligopsis vermicolaris Ruppell, 1844 by monotypy

(Hyaloteuthis) Gray, 1849:63.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Wormuth (1998:379)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Sepia pelagica Bosc, 1802 by monotypy

Illex Steenstrup, 1880:82.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Roper et al. (1998:407)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligo illecebrosus Lesueur, 1821 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:410)]

Lolimnites Risso, 1854:41.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847 [fide Adam (1942:17)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Lolimnites meridionalis Risso, 1854 by monotypy

Martialia Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889:8.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Wormuth (1998:375)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Martialia hyadesi Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889 by monotypy

Nototodarus Pfeffer, 1912:434, 388.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Dunning and Forch (1998:393)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Ommatostrephes insignis Gould, 1852 by monotypy

Ommastrephes D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:45.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Dunning (1998:426)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligo bartramii Lesueur, 1821 by subsequent designation Herrmannsen (1847, vol. 2 p. 145 In 1846-1849) [fide Steenstrup (1880:footnote)] [not Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798 species first mentioned [fide Hoyle (1910:411)]

Ommatostrephes Loven, 1845:122.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Emmendation of Ommastrephes D'Orbigny [fide Hoyle (1910:411); = Ommastrephes D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847]

Ornithoteuthis Okada, 1927:15.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Dunning (1998:429)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Ommastrephes volatilis Sasaki, 1915 by monotypy

Rhyncoteuthion Pfeffer, 1908:88.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Growth form of ommastrephids [see Harman and Young (1985)]

Sagittatus Risso, 1854:29.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Senior synonym of Todarodes Steenstrup, 1880 [fide Adam (1942:11)].
TYPE SPECIES. -- Sagittatus todarus Chiaie; species first mentioned; = Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) [fide Adam (1942:11)]

Sthenoteuthis Verrill, 1880 In 1879-1880:222.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Dunning (1998:427)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878 by original designation [= Ommatostrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855); see Dunning (1998:427)]

Symplectoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900:180, 178.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sthenoteuthis Verrill, 1880 [fide Dunning (1998:427)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligo oualaniensis Lesson, 1830 by monotypy

Todarodes Steenstrup, 1880:83.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Dunning and Wormuth (1998:386)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798; subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:413)]

Todaropsis Girard, 1890:204.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Wormuth (1998:376)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Todaropsis veranyi Girard, 1890 by monotypy; [= Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) fide Pfeffer (1900:179)]

Toroteuthis Tomlin, 1931:175.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Replacement name for Hyaloteuthis Pfeffer, 1884

(Xiphoteuthis) Owen, 1881:144.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status unresolved
TYPE SPECIES. -- Ommastrephes (Xiphoteuthis) ensifer Owen, 1881; species first mentioned

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Loligo aequipoda Ruppell, 1844:132 [4].

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) [fide Sweeney and Vecchione (1998:230)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SMF Lectotype 26766a [fide Schafer (1938:86)]; BMNH Holotype 1845.9.8.6 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:105)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Messina, Sicily

Todarodes sagittatus angolensis Adam, 1962:32, text-fig 4, pl 2 figs 1-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Todarodes angolensis [fide Dunning and Wormuth (1998:387)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- IRSNB Holotype [fide Dunning and Wormuth (1998)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Baia dos Elefantes, Angola

Ornithoteuthis volatilis antillarum Adam, 1957:3, pl 1 figs 1-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Ornithoteuthis antillarum [fide Dunning (1998:430)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype 7-3-686 [fide Lu et al. (1995:310)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Basse Terre (Guadeloupe) Antilles, West Indies

Ommastrephes argentinus Castellanos, 1960:55, figs 1-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Illex argentinus [fide Roper, Lu and Mangold (1969:317)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MLP Holotype 45001
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Patagonia

Ommastrephes ayresii Gabb In Carpenter, 1864:613, 664.

Nomen nudum.

Loligo bartramii Lesueur, 1821:90, pl 7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Ommastrephes bartramii [fide D'Orbigny (1835 In 1834-1847:55)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Type; specimen not extant [fide Voss (1962e:1) and see Lu et al. (1995:312)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Loligo brasiliensis Ferussac, 1823[vol. 3]:67.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) [fide Steenstrup (1880:83)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; “Montfort t.2., p. 61, pl. 13.”
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Onychoteuthis brevimanus Gould, 1852:483, fig 596.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Unresolved]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Johnson (1964:32)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 120 miles west of Tutuila, Samoa Islands

Loligo brevitentaculata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832:81.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830 In 1830-1831) [fide Pfeffer (1900:180)] = Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis [fide Dunning (1998:427)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:313)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- New Guinea

Loligo brongnartii [brongniartii] Blainville, 1823:130.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Pfeffer (1912:390)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntypes (2); specimens not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:313)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Uncertain origin, Mediterranean? [fide Lu et al. (1995:313)]

Ommastrephes californica Heath, 1908:582.

Nomen nudum.

Ommatostrephes caroli Furtado, 1887:5, pls 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Dunning (1998:426)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Syntypes (suckers only) [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:221)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "Barre de Lisbonne", Portugal

Loligo coindetii Verany, 1839:94, pl 4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Illex coindetii [fide Steenstrup (1880:82)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Neotype 727457 [fide Roper et al. (1998:411)] [see also Lu et al. (1995:313)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Port Vendres, France [fide Roper et al. (1998:411)]

Ommastrephes crassus Lafont, 1871:275, pl 16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Syntypes
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Loligo cylindricus D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847:pl 3, figs 3-4.

See Ommastrephes cyclindraceus.

Ommastrephes cylindraceus D'Orbigny, 1835 In
1834-1847:54, pl 3 figs 3-4 [plate as Loligo cylindracea]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Gray (1849:62)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:314)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Austral Atlantic, 35∞S, 40∞W of Paris, slightly South of Buenos Aires parallel of latitude [fide Lu et al. (1995:314)]

Loligo eblanae Ball, 1841:364, figs 1-7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Todaropsis eblanae [fide Pfeffer (1900:179)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Science and Art Museum, Dublin [fide Hoyle (1903:1)].
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Dublin Bay, Ireland

Ommastrephes ensifer Owen, 1881:144, pl 28.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Holotype [Royal College of Surgeon, London?]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Dosidicus eschrichtii Steenstrup, 1857a:120.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847) [fide Pfeffer (1912:509)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated. Unresolved: Mediterranean (Marseilles) [fide Steenstrup (1898:289); Pacific [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)]

Todarodes filippovae Adam, 1975:3, pls 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Dunning and Wormuth (1998:387)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- IRSNB Holotype [fide Dunning and Wormuth (1998:387)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Southern Indian Ocean (35-38∞S, 66-77∞E)

Ommastrephes giganteus D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 In
Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:350, Ommastrephes pl 1, figs 11-13.
[fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:102); taxon dated from plate]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847) [fide Unresolved]
See Ommastrephes gigas D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847.

Ommastrephes gigas D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847:50, pl 4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Dosidicus gigas [fide Pfeffer (1900:180)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 7-3-660 [fide Lu et al. (1995:316)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Valparaiso, 40∞S to 60∞S

Ommastrephes gouldi McCoy, 1888:255, pls 169-170.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Nototodarus gouldi [fide Dunning and Forch (1998:397)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMV Holotype F5104 [fide Lu (1983:65)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Hobson's Bay, Victoria, Australia [fide Dunning and Forch (1998:397)]

Ommastrephes hawaiiensis Berry, 1912:434.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Nototodarus hawaiiensis [fide Dunning and Forch (1998:399)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214382 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:14)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands

Martialia hyadesi Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889:9, pl 1 figs 1-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Wormuth (1998:376)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 7-3-512 and 7-3-513 (gladius) [fide Lu et al. (1995:317)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Orange Bay [Isla Navarino, Chile]

Loligo illecebrosus Lesueur, 1821:95, pl [11].

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Illex illecebrosus [fide Steenstrup (1880)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Neotype 727456 [fide Roper et al. (1998:408)] [see also Lu et al. (1995:318)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA [fide Roper et al. (1998:408)]

St[h]enoteuthis incerta Pfeffer, 1912:488.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Pacific? [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)]

Ommastrephes insignis Gould, 1852:480, fig 594.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nototodarus sloani ?subsp. [fide Nesis (1987:236)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Johnson (1964:32)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Feejee [Fiji] Islands

Sepia loligo Gmelin, 1789:3150.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) [fide Adam and Rees (1966:152)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “Habitat in pelago”

Symplectoteuthis luminosa Sasaki, 1915:144, text-fig 4, pl 4 figs 7-13.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Eucleoteuthis luminosa [fide Nesis (1987:233)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MSUT[TIU] Syntypes (10) [fide Wormuth (1998:379)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sagami Bay, Japan

Loligo maxima Blainville, 1823:129.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes sp. [fide Steenstrup (1880:105)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:320)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- In doubt [fide Lu et al. (1995:320)]

Sepia media Barbut, 1783:75, pl 8 fig 3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) [fide Adam and Rees (1966:152)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “It inhabits the seas”

Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878:207.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855) [fide Dunning (1998:428)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMC Holotype 1870-Z-2 [fide MacAlaster (1977:14)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lolimnites meridionalis Risso, 1854:41, pl 19, figs 1-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes sp. [fide Adam (1942:18)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MHNN?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "regions profondes" [?Nice]

Sepia nigra Bosc, 1802:47.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847) [fide Adam and Rees (1966:152)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; “Sepia tunicata Gmel. Syst. Nat.”
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “Se trouve dans les mers da Chile”

Nototodarus nipponicus Okutani and Uemura, 1973:39, pls 4, 5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912) [fide Dunning and Forch (1998:399)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype 66652 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Katsu-ura, Boso Peninsula, Honshu, Japan

Ommastrephes oceanicus D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 In
Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:351, Ommastrephe, pl 1 figs 14-16.
[fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:102); taxon dated from plate]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830 In 1830-1831) [fide Unresolved]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntypes (2) 3-5-683 [fide Lu et al. (1995:321)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Vanikoro Island, Pacific Ocean

Loligo oualaniensis Lesson, 1830 In 1830-1831:240, pl 1 fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis [fide Verrill (1881 In 1880-1881:387)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:322)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Oualan Island, Caroline Archipelago

 

Illex oxygonius Roper, Lu and Mangold, 1969:299, pls 1-5, 10.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Roper et al. (1998:415)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 577000 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:10)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 24∞13'N, 81∞58'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Ommatostrephes pacificus Steenstrup, 1880:79, fig 5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subspecies; Todarodes pacificus pacificus [fide Dunning and Wormuth (1998:388)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Syntypes (4) [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Hakodate, Japan

Sepia pelagica Bosc, 1802:46 (vol 1), pl 1 figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Hyaloteuthis pelagica [fide Gray (1849:63)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [fide Wormuth (1998:379)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “Trouvee en pleine mer, par Bosc dans l’estomac d’une dorade”

Nototodarus sloani philippinensis Voss, 1962a:175.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912) [fide Dunning (1988:163)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 575451 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:11)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Atalaya Point, Batag Island, east coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands

Loligo pillae Verany, 1851:112, pl 36, figs d-g.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Illex coindetii (Verany, 1839) [fide Naef (1923:430)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MHNN? Syntypes (2) [other Verany taxa there fide G.L. Voss (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “le marche de Genes”

Loligo pironneauii Souleyet, 1852:20, pl 2 figs 1-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Pfeffer (1912:466)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 2-4-402 (gladius only) [fide Lu et al. (1995:322)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 8∞N, 22∞W of Paris (Atlantic Ocean)

Loligo piscatorum LaPylaie, 1825:319, pl 16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Steenstrup (1880:90)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:322)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Ommatostrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855:200.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Sthenoteuthis pteropus [fide Pfeffer (1900:181)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- St. Croix Island, Caribbean Sea

Todarodes pacificus pusillus Dunning, 1988:149.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subspecies [fide Dunning and Wormuth (1998:389)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMV Holotype F31571
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Timor Sea, northeast Indian Ocean (13∞48'S† 124∞19'E)

Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798:130.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Todarodes sagittatus [fide Steenstrup (1880:83)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntypes; specimens not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:324)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “sur les cotes de l’Ocean de l’Europe et de l’Amerique” [fide Lamarck (1799:14)]

Ommatostrephes bartrami sinuosus Lonnberg, 1896:701.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUU Holotype 126 [fide Wallin (1991:66)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Teneriffe, Canary Islands

Ommastrephes sloanii Gray, 1849:61.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Nototodarus sloani [fide Dunning and Forch (1998:394)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1993045a [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:108)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand

Dosidicus steenstrupii Pfeffer, 1884:20, fig 27.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847) [fide Clarke (1966:116)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Ommastrephes caroli stenobrachium Rancurel, 1976:91.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Printing error [fide Dunning (1998:426)]
See: Ommastrephes caroli stenodactyla

Ommastrephes caroli stenodactyla Rancurel, 1976:81.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Dunning (1998:426)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntypes 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 [fide Lu et al. (1995:325)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Auameo, Ile des Pins, New Caledonia

Loligo touchardii Souleyet, 1852:22, pl 2 figs 6-13.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Pfeffer (1912:466)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 7-3-724 [fide Lu et al. (1995:326)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Pacific Ocean

Ommastrephes tryonii Gabb, 1863:483, unnumbered pl.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830 In 1830-1831) [fide Berry (1912:304)] = Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis [fide Dunning (1998:427)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved† [see Coan and Bogan (1988)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "found in a lot of salt, most probably from near Point Conception", California

Sepia tunicata Molina, 1782:199.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835 In 1834-1847) [fide Adam and Rees (1966:154)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated [Chile]

Loligo vanikoriensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1832:79, pl 5 figs 1,2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830 In 1830-1831) [fide Pfeffer (1900:180)] = Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis [fide Dunning (1998:427)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntypes (2) 3-5-683 [fide Lu et al. (1995:326)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Vanikoro Island, Pacific Ocean

Todaropsis veranyi Girard, 1890:204.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) [fide Hoyle (1910:413)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MB Syntypes (2)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Coast of Portugal

Loligo vitreus Rang, 1835 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:347,
calmar pl 21 fig 7 [fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:102);
authorship and taxon dated from plates 18-19]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide D'Orbigny (1845 In 1845-1847:420)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:327)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Equatorial ocean, coast of Africa

Ommastrephes volatilis Sasaki, 1915:138, text-fig 3, pl 4 figs 1-6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Ornithoteuthis volatilis [fide Okada (1927:14)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MSUT Holotye [fide Sasaki (1929:285)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Atami, Sagami Province, Japan [fide Dunning (1998:429)]

 


Type Repositories

ANSP-Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th & The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A.† [For type catalogs Voss (1962e); Spamer and Bogan (1992)]

BMNH-The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History)).† [For type catalog see Lipinski et al. (2000)]

IRSNB-Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium (formerly Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique).

MB-† Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, 58 Rua da Escola Politecnica, 1200 Lisboa, Portugal.

MHNN-Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.

MLP- Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.

MNHN-Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France.† [For type catalog see Lu et al. (1995)]

MSUT-University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan (includes former Tokyo Imperial University (TIU) collection and University of Tokyo Department of Fisheries (FUMT) collection).

NMNH-National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM).† [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988)]

NMV- Museum of Victoria, 285-321 Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia (formerly National Museum of Victoria).† [For type catalog see Lu (1983)]

NSMC-Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

NSMT- National Science Museum, 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan.† [For type catalog see Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993)]

SMF- Naturmuseum und Forschungsinstitut Seckenberg, Senckenberg Anlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany.† [For type catalog see Schafer (1938)]

ZMH- Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Martin Luther King Platz 3, 2000 Hamburg 13, Germany.† [For type catalog see Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]

ZMUC-Kobenhavns Universitet, Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.† [For type catalog see Kristensen and Knudsen (1983); See also Volsoe et al. (1962) for Steenstrup papers]

ZMUU-Zoologiska Museet, Uppsala Universitets, Villavagen 9, S-751, 22 Uppsala, Swedeb.† [For type catalog see Wallin (1991)]

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