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Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821
157025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157025)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Variety Loligo pealeii var. borealis A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) represented as Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Variety Loligo pealeii var. pallida A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) represented as Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: 86-101., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26373584 [details]
Distribution western Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy, south to Venezeula
Distribution western Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy, south to Venezeula [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157025 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: 86-101., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26373584 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
basis of record Vecchione, M.; Brakoniecki; T.F.; Natsukari, Y.; Hanlon, R.T. (1998). A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Pp. 215-222, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details]
additional source Jereb, P., Vecchione, M. & Roper, C.F.E. (2010). Family Loliginidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 38-117., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 64 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
basis of record Vecchione, M.; Brakoniecki; T.F.; Natsukari, Y.; Hanlon, R.T. (1998). A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Pp. 215-222, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details]
additional source Jereb, P., Vecchione, M. & Roper, C.F.E. (2010). Family Loliginidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 38-117., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 64 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet fish, crustaceans, and smaller squid [details]Dimensions maximum size of about 500 mm ML [details]
Distribution western Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy, south to Venezeula [details]
Habitat epipelagic [details]
Importance used in scientific studies [details]
Predators marine mammals, birds, fish [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate. Fertilization is internal but eggs are laid in large communal clusters [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | longfin inshore squid | [details] |
To NMNH Extant Collection (Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821 (USNM 730070) left lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821 (USNM 730070) right lateral view)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 040907)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821 (USNM 730070) right lateral view)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 040907)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
