MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Enoploteuthidae Pfeffer, 1900

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Enoploteuthidae Pfeffer, 1900

AphiaID

11740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11740)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Enoploteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Parent

Enoploteuthoidea Pfeffer, 1900

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Genus Abralia J. E. Gray, 1849
Genus Abraliopsis Joubin, 1896
Genus Enoploteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1842
Genus Watasenia Ishikawa, 1914
Subfamily Ancistrocheirinae accepted as Ancistrocheiridae Pfeffer, 1912
Genus Asteroteuthis Pfeffer, 1908 accepted as Abralia (Asteroteuthis) Pfeffer, 1908 represented as Abralia J. E. Gray, 1849
Genus Compsoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Abralia (Astrabralia) Nesis, 1987 represented as Abralia J. E. Gray, 1849 (junior synonym)
Genus Enigmoteuthis Adam, 1973 accepted as Abralia (Enigmoteuthis) Adam, 1973 represented as Abralia J. E. Gray, 1849
Genus Enoploion Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Abralia J. E. Gray, 1849 (synonym)
Genus Micrabralia Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) Pfeffer, 1900 represented as Abraliopsis Joubin, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Enoploteuthidae Pfeffer, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11740 on 2025-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Young R.E., Burgess L.A., Roper C.F.E., Sweeney M.J. & Stephen S.J. (1998) Classification of the Enoploteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, and Ancistrocheiridae. Pp. 239-255, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 260 [details]

Other

additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Enoploteuthidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 183-200., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [details]

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Language	Name
Chinese	Wŭ-Zhūang-Yóu-Kē	[details]
Japanese	ホタルイカモドキ科	[details]

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