WoRMS taxon details
Loliolus Steenstrup, 1856
341440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341440)
accepted
Genus
Loliolus typus Steenstrup, 1856 accepted as Loliolus (Loliolus) hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) represented as Loliolus hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) (type by original designation)
Loligo (Nipponololigo) Natsukari, 1983 · unaccepted
Loliolus (Loliolus) Steenstrup, 1856 · alternative representation
Loliolus (Nipponololigo) Natsukari, 1983 · alternative representation
- Species Loliolus affinis Steenstrup, 1856
- Species Loliolus beka (M. Sasaki, 1929)
- Species Loliolus hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849)
- Species Loliolus japonica (Hoyle, 1885)
- Species Loliolus sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Loliolus uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921)
- Species Loliolus buitendijki Grimpe, 1932 accepted as Loliolus (Loliolus) hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) represented as Loliolus hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Loliolus investigatoris E. S. Goodrich, 1896 accepted as Loliolus (Loliolus) hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) represented as Loliolus hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loliolus noctiluca Lu, Roper & Tait, 1985 accepted as Uroteuthis (Aestuariolus) noctiluca (Lu, Roper & Tait, 1985) represented as Uroteuthis noctiluca (Lu, Roper & Tait, 1985) (original combination)
- Species Loliolus rhomboidalis L. A. Burgess, 1967 accepted as Loliolus (Nipponololigo) sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Loliolus sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loliolus typus Steenstrup, 1856 accepted as Loliolus (Loliolus) hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) represented as Loliolus hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) (synonym)
- Subgenus Loliolus (Loliolus) Steenstrup, 1856 represented as Loliolus Steenstrup, 1856
- Species Loliolus (Loliolus) affinis Steenstrup, 1856 represented as Loliolus affinis Steenstrup, 1856
- Species Loliolus (Loliolus) hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849) represented as Loliolus hardwickei (J. E. Gray, 1849)
- Subgenus Loliolus (Nipponololigo) Natsukari, 1983 represented as Loliolus Steenstrup, 1856
- Species Loliolus (Nipponololigo) beka (M. Sasaki, 1929) represented as Loliolus beka (M. Sasaki, 1929)
- Species Loliolus (Nipponololigo) japonica (Hoyle, 1885) represented as Loliolus japonica (Hoyle, 1885)
- Species Loliolus (Nipponololigo) sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) represented as Loliolus sumatrensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Loliolus (Nipponololigo) uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921) represented as Loliolus uyii (Wakiya & Ishikawa, 1921)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steenstrup, J. (1856). Hectoctyldannelsen hos Octopodslaegterne <i>Argonauta</i> og <i>Tremoctopus</i>, oplyst ved Iagttagelse af lignende Dannelser hos Blacksprutterne i Almindelighed. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk,.</em> 4:185-216, 2 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13590714
page(s): 193, 212 [details]
page(s): 193, 212 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Loliolus Steenstrup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341440 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Steenstrup, J. (1856). Hectoctyldannelsen hos Octopodslaegterne <i>Argonauta</i> og <i>Tremoctopus</i>, oplyst ved Iagttagelse af lignende Dannelser hos Blacksprutterne i Almindelighed. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk,.</em> 4:185-216, 2 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13590714
page(s): 193, 212 [details]
original description (of Loligo (Nipponololigo) Natsukari, 1983) Natsukari, Y. (1983). Taxonomical and Morphological Studies on the Loliginid Squids-III. Nipponololigo, a New Subgenus of the Genus Loligo. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 42(4);313-318.
page(s): 313 [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 193, 212 [details]
original description (of Loligo (Nipponololigo) Natsukari, 1983) Natsukari, Y. (1983). Taxonomical and Morphological Studies on the Loliginid Squids-III. Nipponololigo, a New Subgenus of the Genus Loligo. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 42(4);313-318.
page(s): 313 [details] Available for editors
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]
Other
additional source
Vecchione, M.; Shea, E.; Bussarawit, S.; Anderson, F.; Alexeyev, D.; Lu, C.; Okutani, T.; Roeleveld, M.; Chotiyaputta, C.; Roper, C.; Jorgensen, E.; Sukramongkol, N. (2005). Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin.</em> 66: 23-26., available online at https://projects.dmcr.go.th/dmcr/fckupload/upload/44/image/FullpaperPMBC/2005%20Vol.66%20Veechione%2023%2026.pdf [details]
additional source Vecchione, Michael. 2008. Loliolus Steenstrup, 1856. Version 04 March 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Loliolus/19859/2008.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ [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): 72 [details]
additional source Vecchione, Michael. 2008. Loliolus Steenstrup, 1856. Version 04 March 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Loliolus/19859/2008.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ [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): 72 [details]
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