WoRMS taxon details
Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857
11760 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11760)
accepted
Family
Ommatostrephidae Steenstrup, 1857 · unaccepted
- Subfamily Illicinae Posselt, 1891
- Genus Illex Steenstrup, 1880
- Subfamily Ommastrephinae Steenstrup, 1857
- Subfamily Ornithoteuthinae Nigmatullin, 1979
- Subfamily Todarodinae Adam, 1960
- Subfamily Todaropsinae Nigmatullin, 2000
- Genus Todaropsis Girard, 1890
- Genus Cycria Leach, 1849 accepted as Ommastrephes A. d'Orbigny, 1835 (synonym)
- Genus Lolimnites Risso, 1854 accepted as Ommastrephes A. d'Orbigny, 1835 (synonym)
- Genus Ommatostrephes Lovén, 1845 accepted as Ommastrephes A. d'Orbigny, 1835 (emmendation of Ommastrephes)
- Subfamily Ommatostrephinae Steenstrup, 1857 accepted as Ommastrephinae Steenstrup, 1857 (synonym)
- Genus Sagittatus Risso, 1854 accepted as Todarodes Steenstrup, 1880 (synonym)
- Genus Symplectoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Sthenoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1880 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steenstrup, J. (1857). Oplysning om en ny Art af Blaeksprutter. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1857(1/2): 11–14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359847
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
Description The family is characterized by an inverted T-shaped funnel locking cartilage, biserial suckers on the arms, tetraserial...
Description The family is characterized by an inverted T-shaped funnel locking cartilage, biserial suckers on the arms, tetraserial suckers on the tentacular clubs (except Illex which has 8 rows of suckers on the dactylus), buccal connectives that attach to the dorsal borders of arms IV, photophores in some genera, and a muscular bridge anterior to the funnel locking cartilage which passes from the funnel to the ventral surface of the head.
The inverted T-shaped funnel locking cartilage easily distinguishes this family from all others, even in the youngest stages. One genus, Symplectoteuthis, has the funnel mantle cartilages fused at a single point, but they are otherwise typical.
Three subfamilies are currently recognized: Ommastrephinae, Todarodinae, and Illicinae.
The Ommastrephinae is distinguished by the presence of a central pocket (foveola) and several side pockets in the funnel groove, and by the presence of photophores which are often deeply buried in the tissue of the mantle, head and arms. It comprises five genera: Ommastrephes, Symplectogeuthis, Dosidicus, Ornithoteuthis and Hyaloteuthis. [details]
The inverted T-shaped funnel locking cartilage easily distinguishes this family from all others, even in the youngest stages. One genus, Symplectoteuthis, has the funnel mantle cartilages fused at a single point, but they are otherwise typical.
Three subfamilies are currently recognized: Ommastrephinae, Todarodinae, and Illicinae.
The Ommastrephinae is distinguished by the presence of a central pocket (foveola) and several side pockets in the funnel groove, and by the presence of photophores which are often deeply buried in the tissue of the mantle, head and arms. It comprises five genera: Ommastrephes, Symplectogeuthis, Dosidicus, Ornithoteuthis and Hyaloteuthis. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11760 on 2024-09-08
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original description
Steenstrup, J. (1857). Oplysning om en ny Art af Blaeksprutter. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1857(1/2): 11–14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359847
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Ommatostrephidae Steenstrup, 1857) Steenstrup, J. (1857). Oplysning om en ny Art af Blaeksprutter. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1857(1/2): 11–14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359847
page(s): 12 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Roper, C.F.E., Nigmatullin, C. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ommastrephidae. <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. <em>pp. 269-347.</em> , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [details]
additional source 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). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details]
additional source Wakabayashi T., Suzuki N., Sakai M., Ichii T. & Chow S. (2012) Phylogenetic relationships among the family Ommastrephidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) inferred from two mitochondrial DNA gene sequences. <i>Marine Genomics</i> 7: 11-16. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874778712000396 [details]
identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 336 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Ommatostrephidae Steenstrup, 1857) Steenstrup, J. (1857). Oplysning om en ny Art af Blaeksprutter. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1857(1/2): 11–14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359847
page(s): 12 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Roper, C.F.E., Nigmatullin, C. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ommastrephidae. <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. <em>pp. 269-347.</em> , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [details]
additional source 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). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details]
additional source Wakabayashi T., Suzuki N., Sakai M., Ichii T. & Chow S. (2012) Phylogenetic relationships among the family Ommastrephidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) inferred from two mitochondrial DNA gene sequences. <i>Marine Genomics</i> 7: 11-16. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874778712000396 [details]
identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 336 [details]
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Description The family is characterized by an inverted T-shaped funnel locking cartilage, biserial suckers on the arms, tetraserial suckers on the tentacular clubs (except Illex which has 8 rows of suckers on the dactylus), buccal connectives that attach to the dorsal borders of arms IV, photophores in some genera, and a muscular bridge anterior to the funnel locking cartilage which passes from the funnel to the ventral surface of the head.The inverted T-shaped funnel locking cartilage easily distinguishes this family from all others, even in the youngest stages. One genus, Symplectoteuthis, has the funnel mantle cartilages fused at a single point, but they are otherwise typical.
Three subfamilies are currently recognized: Ommastrephinae, Todarodinae, and Illicinae.
The Ommastrephinae is distinguished by the presence of a central pocket (foveola) and several side pockets in the funnel groove, and by the presence of photophores which are often deeply buried in the tissue of the mantle, head and arms. It comprises five genera: Ommastrephes, Symplectogeuthis, Dosidicus, Ornithoteuthis and Hyaloteuthis. [details]