WoRMS taxon details
Afrololigo Alexeyev, 1992
410040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410040)
accepted
Genus
Lolliguncula mercatoris Adam, 1941 accepted as Afrololigo mercatoris (Adam, 1941) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Alexeyev D.O. (1992). The systematic position of bioluminescent squids of family Loliiginidae (Cephalopoda, Myopsida). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 71(11): 12-23. [In Russian].
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Brakoniecki, T. F. (1986). <i>A generic revision of the family Loliginidae (Cephalopoda: Myopsida) based primarily on the comparative morphology of the hcctocotylus.</i> Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami. Florida. 163 p. , available online at https://www.proquest.com/openview/fe95f8e9bb74995a4860ac60c2a438ac/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y [details]
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
[request]Brakoniecki, T. F. (1986). <i>A generic revision of the family Loliginidae (Cephalopoda: Myopsida) based primarily on the comparative morphology of the hcctocotylus.</i> Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami. Florida. 163 p. , available online at https://www.proquest.com/openview/fe95f8e9bb74995a4860ac60c2a438ac/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Afrololigo Alexeyev, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410040 on 2026-10-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Alexeyev D.O. (1992). The systematic position of bioluminescent squids of family Loliiginidae (Cephalopoda, Myopsida). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 71(11): 12-23. [In Russian].
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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): 48 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Brakoniecki, T. F. (1986). <i>A generic revision of the family Loliginidae (Cephalopoda: Myopsida) based primarily on the comparative morphology of the hcctocotylus.</i> Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami. Florida. 163 p. , available online at https://www.proquest.com/openview/fe95f8e9bb74995a4860ac60c2a438ac/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y [details]
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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): 48 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Brakoniecki, T. F. (1986). <i>A generic revision of the family Loliginidae (Cephalopoda: Myopsida) based primarily on the comparative morphology of the hcctocotylus.</i> Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami. Florida. 163 p. , available online at https://www.proquest.com/openview/fe95f8e9bb74995a4860ac60c2a438ac/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y [details]
Taxonomy
status 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]
