WoRMS taxon details
Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817)
342300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342300)
accepted
Species
Enoploteuthis leptura leptura (Leach, 1817) · unaccepted
Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817 · unaccepted (original combination)
Loligo smythii Leach, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Enoploteuthis leptura leptura (Leach, 1817) accepted as Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817)
- Subspecies Enoploteuthis leptura magnoceani Nesis, 1982 accepted as Enoploteuthis magnoceani Nesis, 1982 (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817) Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. <em>The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals.</em> 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342300 on 2026-02-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817) Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. <em>The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals.</em> 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 141 [details]
basis of record 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586.277 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
basis of record 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586.277 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Diekmann, R.; Piatkowski, U. (2002). Early life stages of cephalopods in the Sargasso Sea: distribution and diversity relative to hydrographic conditions. Marine Biology, 141: 123-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0817-6 [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Diekmann, R.; Piatkowski, U. (2002). Early life stages of cephalopods in the Sargasso Sea: distribution and diversity relative to hydrographic conditions. Marine Biology, 141: 123-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0817-6 [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モトホタルイカモドキ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enoploteuthis leptura)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enoploteuthis leptura)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
