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Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831)

342406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342406)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Myopsida (Order)
  8. Loliginidae (Family)
  9. Uroteuthis (Genus)
  10. Uroteuthis arabica (Species)
accepted
Species
Uroteuthis Rehder, 1945
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pteroteuthis arabica Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, Animalia evertebrata, Animalia Mollusca. <em>Zoologica.</em> II: unpaginated [46 pages, 1831], plates 1-2 [1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517219
page(s): [3-4]; note: unpaginated, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517221 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342406 on 2026-09-01
Date
action
by
2008-03-27 18:55:09Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2011-06-26 08:43:10Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-06-04 02:51:52Z
changed
Finn, Julian
2023-02-21 09:23:08Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pteroteuthis arabica Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, Animalia evertebrata, Animalia Mollusca. <em>Zoologica.</em> II: unpaginated [46 pages, 1831], plates 1-2 [1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517219
page(s): [3-4]; note: unpaginated, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517221 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Loligo arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ommastrephes arabicus (Ehrenberg, 1831))
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) 
To ITIS

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