WoRMS taxon details
Loligo Lamarck, 1798
138139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138139)
accepted
Genus
Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (type by subsequent designation)
Pteroteuthis Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted
- Species Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856
- Species Loligo reynaudii A. d'Orbigny, 1835
- Species Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798
- Subgenus Loligo (Alloteuthis) Wülker, 1920 accepted as Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920
- Subgenus Loligo (Heterololigo) Natsukari, 1984 accepted as Heterololigo Natsukari, 1984
- Species Loligo (Heterololigo) bleekeri W. Keferstein, 1866 accepted as Heterololigo bleekeri (W. Keferstein, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Loligo (Nipponololigo) Natsukari, 1983 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) Natsukari, 1983 represented as Loliolus Steenstrup, 1856
- Species Loligo (Nipponololigo) beka Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) beka (Sasaki, 1929) represented as Loliolus beka (Sasaki, 1929)
- Species Loligo (Nipponololigo) japonica Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) japonica (Hoyle, 1885) represented as Loliolus japonica (Hoyle, 1885)
- Species Loligo (Nipponololigo) sumatrensis A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Loliolus sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (superseded combination)
- Species Loligo (Nipponololigo) uyii Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) represented as Loliolus uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921)
- Species Loligo abulati Adam, 1955 accepted as Uroteuthis abulati (Adam, 1955) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Loligo aequipoda Vérany, 1851 accepted as Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) (synonym)
- Species Loligo affinis Lafont, 1871 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo africana (Adam, 1950) accepted as Alloteuthis africana Adam, 1950
- Species Loligo alessandrinii Vérany, 1847 accepted as Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Loligo arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831) accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831) represented as Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831)
- Species Loligo aspera Ortmann, 1888 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) represented as Loliolus uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) (synonym)
- Species Loligo banksii Leach, 1817 accepted as Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) (original combination)
- Species Loligo bartramii Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) (original combination)
- Species Loligo beka Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) beka (Sasaki, 1929) represented as Loliolus beka (Sasaki, 1929) (original combination)
- Species Loligo bengalensis Jothinayagam, 1987 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) bengalensis (Jothinayagam, 1987) represented as Uroteuthis bengalensis (Jothinayagam, 1987) (original combination)
- Species Loligo berthelotii Vérany, 1839 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo bianconii Vérany, 1847 accepted as Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) (synonym)
- Species Loligo bleekeri W. Keferstein, 1866 accepted as Heterololigo bleekeri (W. Keferstein, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Loligo brasiliensis Blainville, 1823 accepted as Doryteuthis sanpaulensis (Brakoniecki, 1984) (Invalid: junior homonym of Loligo brasiliensis Froriep, 1806; Loligo sanpaulensis is a replacement name)
- Species Loligo breviceps Steenstrup, 1862 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo brevipinna Lesueur, 1824 accepted as Lolliguncula (Lolliguncula) brevis (Blainville, 1823) represented as Lolliguncula brevis (Blainville, 1823) (synonym)
- Species Loligo brevis Blainville, 1823 accepted as Lolliguncula (Lolliguncula) brevis (Blainville, 1823) represented as Lolliguncula brevis (Blainville, 1823) (original combination)
- Species Loligo brevitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 accepted as Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
- Species Loligo budo Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Hoyle, 1885) (synonym)
- Species Loligo cardioptera F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807 accepted as Onykia cardioptera (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Loligo chinensis Gray, 1849 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis (Gray, 1849) represented as Uroteuthis chinensis (Gray, 1849) (original combination)
- Species Loligo coindetii Vérany, 1839 accepted as Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839) (original combination)
- Species Loligo cranchii Blainville, 1824 accepted as Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 (synonym)
- Species Loligo cylindracea A. d'Orbigny [in 1834-1847], 1835 accepted as Ommastrephes cylindraceus A. d'Orbigny [in 1834-1847], 1835 (synonym)
- Species Loligo diomedeae Hoyle, 1904 accepted as Lolliguncula (Loliolopsis) diomedeae (Hoyle, 1904) represented as Lolliguncula diomedeae (Hoyle, 1904) (original combination)
- Species Loligo duvaucelii A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (superseded combination)
- Species Loligo eblanae Ball, 1841 accepted as Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) (original combination)
- Species Loligo edulis Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Hoyle, 1885) (original combination)
- Species Loligo etheridgei S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis (Gray, 1849) represented as Uroteuthis chinensis (Gray, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Loligo forbesi Steenstrup, 1857 accepted as Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Loligo formosana Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis (Gray, 1849) represented as Uroteuthis chinensis (Gray, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Loligo fusus Risso, 1826 accepted as Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856 (synonym)
- Species Loligo gahi A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) gahi (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Doryteuthis gahi (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (original combination)
- Species Loligo galatheae Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Loligo gigas A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Dosidicus gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Loligo gotoi Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) represented as Loliolus uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) (synonym)
- Species Loligo hardwickei Gray, 1849 accepted as Loliolus (Loliolus) hardwickei (Gray, 1849) represented as Loliolus hardwickei (Gray, 1849) (original combination)
- Species Loligo hartingii A. E. Verrill, 1875 accepted as Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 (synonym)
- Species Loligo hemiptera Howell, 1868 accepted as Lolliguncula brevis (Blainville, 1823) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loligo illecebrosa Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821) (original combination)
- Species Loligo indica Pfeffer, 1884 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Loligo japonica Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) japonica (Hoyle, 1885) represented as Loliolus japonica (Hoyle, 1885)
- Species Loligo kensaki Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Hoyle, 1885) (synonym)
- Species Loligo kobiensis Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Loliolus sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loligo leachii Blainville, 1823 accepted as Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821 (synonym)
- Species Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817 accepted as Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817) (original combination)
- Species Loligo marmorae Vérany, 1839 accepted as Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Loligo media (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1853 accepted as Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798)
- Species Loligo mediterranea Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo microcephala Lafont, 1871 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo moulinsi Lafont, 1871 accepted as Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856 (synonym)
- Species Loligo neglecta Gray, 1849 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo ocula Cohen, 1976 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) ocula (Cohen, 1976) represented as Doryteuthis ocula (Cohen, 1976) (original combination)
- Species Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) opalescens (S. S. Berry, 1911) represented as Doryteuthis opalescens (S. S. Berry, 1911) (original combination)
- Species Loligo oshimai Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Loligo oualaniensis Lesson, 1830 accepted as Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830) (original combination)
- Species Loligo pallida A. E. Verrill, 1873 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) represented as Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Loligo parva Froriep, 1806 accepted as Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Loligo patagonica E. A. Smith, 1881 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) gahi (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Doryteuthis gahi (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Loligo pavo Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Taonius pavo (Lesueur, 1821) (original combination)
- Species Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) represented as Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) (original combination)
- Species Loligo pealii [sic] accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) represented as Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) (misspelling)
- Species Loligo pickfordi (Adam, 1954) accepted as Uroteuthis pickfordae (Adam, 1954)
- Species Loligo picteti Joubin, 1894 accepted as Idiosepius picteti (Joubin, 1894) (original combination)
- Species Loligo pillae Vérany, 1851 accepted as Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839) (synonym)
- Species Loligo pironneauii Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Ommastrephes caroli (Furtado, 1887) (synonym)
- Species Loligo piscatorum La Pylaie, 1825 accepted as Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Loligo plagioptera Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 (synonym)
- Species Loligo plei [sic] accepted as Loligo pleii Blainville, 1823 accepted as Doryteuthis pleii (Blainville, 1823) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Loligo pleii Blainville, 1823 accepted as Doryteuthis pleii (Blainville, 1823) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Loligo pulchra Blainville, 1823 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo punctata DeKay, 1843 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) represented as Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Loligo rangii A. Férussac, 1835 accepted as Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (synonym)
- Species Loligo roperi Cohen, 1976 accepted as Doryteuthis roperi (Cohen, 1976) (original combination)
- Species Loligo sagitta Blainville, 1828 accepted as Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) (dubious synonym)
- Species Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798 accepted as Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) (original combination)
- Species Loligo sanpaulensis Brakoniecki, 1984 accepted as Doryteuthis sanpaulensis (Brakoniecki, 1984) (original combination)
- Species Loligo sepiacea Blainville, 1824 accepted as Loligo sepioidea Blainville, 1823 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823)
- Species Loligo sepioidea Blainville, 1823 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (original combination)
- Species Loligo sepiola Blainville, 1828 accepted as Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817 (dubious synonym)
- Species Loligo sibogae (Adam, 1954) accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) sibogae (Adam, 1954)
- Species Loligo singhalensis Ortmann, 1891 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) singhalensis (Ortmann, 1891) (original combination)
- Species Loligo smythii Leach, 1817 accepted as Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817) (synonym)
- Species Loligo spiralis A. Férussac, 1823 accepted as Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loligo stearnsii Hemphill, 1892 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) opalescens (S. S. Berry, 1911) represented as Doryteuthis opalescens (S. S. Berry, 1911) (synonym)
- Species Loligo subulata Lamarck, 1798 accepted as Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798) (original combination)
- Species Loligo sumatrensis A. d'Orbigny, 1835 sensu Appellöf, 1886 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) beka (Sasaki, 1929) represented as Loliolus beka (Sasaki, 1929) (unaccepted > misapplication, misidentification)
- Species Loligo sumatrensis A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Loliolus sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (superseded combination)
- Species Loligo surinamensis G. L. Voss, 1974 accepted as Doryteuthis (Amerigo) surinamensis (G. L. Voss, 1974) represented as Doryteuthis surinamensis (G. L. Voss, 1974) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Loligo tago Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) represented as Loliolus uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) (synonym)
- Species Loligo tetradynamia Ortmann, 1888 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) japonica (Hoyle, 1885) represented as Loliolus japonica (Hoyle, 1885) (synonym)
- Species Loligo todarus Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, synonym)
- Species Loligo touchardii Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Loligo urceolata Risso, 1854 accepted as Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)
- Species Loligo urceolatus Risso, 1854 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Loligo uyii Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Loligo vanikoriensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Loligo vitreus Rang, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Loligo vossi Nesis, 1982 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Loligo yokoyae Ishikawa, 1926 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Loligo bartlingii Lesueur, 1821 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Loligo bouyeri Crosse & P. Fischer, 1862 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Loligo ellipsura Hoyle, 1885 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Loligo felina Blainville, 1823 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Loligo gronovii A. d'Orbigny, 1848 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Loligo laticeps Owen, 1835 (uncertain > nomen dubium, possibly a synonym of Onykia carriboea)
- Species Loligo spectrum Pfeffer, 1884 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Loligo uncinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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Lamarck, J.B. (1798). Extrait d'un Mémoire sur le genre de la Sèche, du Calmar et du Poulpe, vulgairement nommés, Polypes de Mer. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1(17):129-131., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30968856
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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Loligo Lamarck, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138139 on 2024-08-23
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original description
Lamarck, J.B. (1798). Extrait d'un Mémoire sur le genre de la Sèche, du Calmar et du Poulpe, vulgairement nommés, Polypes de Mer. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1(17):129-131., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30968856
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Pteroteuthis Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Symbolae Physicae, seu Icones et descriptiones Corporum Naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptum, Nubiam, Dongalam, Syriam, Arabiam et Habessiniam . studio annis 1820-25 redirerunt. Berolini?, Berlin, Pars Zoologica, v.4. Animalis Evertebrata exclusis Insectis., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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): 41 [details]
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Pteroteuthis Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Symbolae Physicae, seu Icones et descriptiones Corporum Naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptum, Nubiam, Dongalam, Syriam, Arabiam et Habessiniam . studio annis 1820-25 redirerunt. Berolini?, Berlin, Pars Zoologica, v.4. Animalis Evertebrata exclusis Insectis., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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
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From other sources
Authority The authority of Loligo is in Vaught, K.C. et al. (1989): Loligo Schneider, 1784. We followed ITIS database. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Loligo)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1155732 Loligo sp)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096637)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1155732 Loligo sp)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096637)
To ITIS
From other sources