WoRMS taxon details
Doryteuthis opalescens (S. S. Berry, 1911)
574540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574540)
accepted
Species
Doryteuthis (Amerigo) opalescens (S. S. Berry, 1911) · alternative representation
Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911 · unaccepted (original combination)
Loligo stearnsii Hemphill, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Preliminary notices of some new Pacific cephalopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 40(1838):589-592., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845891 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Doryteuthis opalescens (S. S. Berry, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574540 on 2026-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Preliminary notices of some new Pacific cephalopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 40(1838):589-592., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845891 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Californische pijlinktvis [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | opalescent squidopalescent inshore squidOpalescent inshore squidcommon Pacific squid [from synonym]California market squid | [details] |
| French | calmar opale [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Schließaugenkalmar [from synonym]Pazifischer Opalkalmar [from synonym]Opalisierender Kalmar [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | Калифорнийский кальмар | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryteuthis opalescens)
To GenBank (397 nucleotides; 611 proteins) (from synonym Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911)
To GenBank (397 nucleotides; 611 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryteuthis opalescens)
To GenBank (397 nucleotides; 611 proteins) (from synonym Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911)
To GenBank (397 nucleotides; 611 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Loligo opalescens S. S. Berry, 1911)
