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Loligo Lamarck, 1798

138139  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138139)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Myopsida (Order)
  8. Loliginidae (Family)
  9. Loligo (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856
  2. Species Loligo reynaudii A. d'Orbigny, 1841
  3. Species Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798
  4. Subgenus Loligo (Alloteuthis) Wülker, 1920 accepted as Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920
    1. Species Loligo (Alloteuthis) africana (Adam, 1950) accepted as Alloteuthis africana Adam, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. 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)
  6. Species Loligo duvaucelii A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Uroteuthis duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (superseded combination)
  7. Species Loligo forbesi Steenstrup, 1857 accepted as Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  8. Species Loligo fusus Risso, 1826 accepted as Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856 (synonym)
  9. Species Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798 accepted as Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) (original combination)
  10. Species Loligo sanpaulensis Brakoniecki, 1984 accepted as Doryteuthis sanpaulensis (Brakoniecki, 1984) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Loligo Lamarck, 1798. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138139 on 2026-01-16
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Loligo Lamarck, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138139 on 2026-01-16
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2011-06-26 08:43:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-06-03 01:23:43Z
changed
Finn, Julian
2024-05-18 18:17:05Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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] 

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  PDF available

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] 
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Loligo) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1155732 Loligo sp) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1155732 Loligo sp.) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096637) 
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