Deep-Sea taxon details
Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857
141680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141680)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Troschel, F. H. (1857). Bemerkungen über die Cephalopoden von Messina. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 23(1): 41-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7171925
page(s): 70, pl. 4, fig. 12, pl. 5, figs 1-4 [details]
page(s): 70, pl. 4, fig. 12, pl. 5, figs 1-4 [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141680 on 2026-05-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141680 on 2026-05-01
original description
Troschel, F. H. (1857). Bemerkungen über die Cephalopoden von Messina. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 23(1): 41-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7171925
page(s): 70, pl. 4, fig. 12, pl. 5, figs 1-4 [details]
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 (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
additional source Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Voss, G. L. & Erdman, D. S. (1959). <i>Thysanoteuthis rhombus</i>, large cephalopod new to the Western Atlantic. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 73(1): 23-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515671 [details]
additional source Deville, D.; Mori, S.; Kawai, K.; Escánez, A.; Macali, A.; Lishchenko, F.; Braid, H.; Githaiga-Mwicigi, J.; Mohamed, K. S.; Bolstad, K. S. R.; Miyahara, K.; Sugimoto, C.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Sanchez, G. (2023). Cryptic biodiversity in the commercial diamondback squid <i>Thysanoteuthis rhombus</i> Troschel 1857. <em>Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.</em> DOI: 10.1007/s11160-023-09813-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09813-3 [details]
additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 390 [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Thysanoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 384-387., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 385 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1962). Notes on South African marine Mollusca 6. <i>Thysanoteuthis rhombus</i> (Cephalopoda ) in Algoa Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 15(21): 267–272.</em> , available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_803 [details]
additional source Watanabe; K.; Ando, K.; Tsuchiya, K.; Segawa, S. (1998). Late Embryos and Paralarvae of Diamondback Squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 57 (4): 291-301. [details] Available for editors
additional source Anonymous. (1994). Squid was one-of-a-kind find. <em>Shell-O-Gram, Jacksonville Shell Club.</em> 35(3): 7., available online at https://jaxshells.org/pdfs/mayjun94.pdf
note: A tentative identification by Nancy Voss [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 368 [details]
page(s): 70, pl. 4, fig. 12, pl. 5, figs 1-4 [details]
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 (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
additional source Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Voss, G. L. & Erdman, D. S. (1959). <i>Thysanoteuthis rhombus</i>, large cephalopod new to the Western Atlantic. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 73(1): 23-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515671 [details]
additional source Deville, D.; Mori, S.; Kawai, K.; Escánez, A.; Macali, A.; Lishchenko, F.; Braid, H.; Githaiga-Mwicigi, J.; Mohamed, K. S.; Bolstad, K. S. R.; Miyahara, K.; Sugimoto, C.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Sanchez, G. (2023). Cryptic biodiversity in the commercial diamondback squid <i>Thysanoteuthis rhombus</i> Troschel 1857. <em>Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.</em> DOI: 10.1007/s11160-023-09813-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09813-3 [details]
additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 390 [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Thysanoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 384-387., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 385 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1962). Notes on South African marine Mollusca 6. <i>Thysanoteuthis rhombus</i> (Cephalopoda ) in Algoa Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 15(21): 267–272.</em> , available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_803 [details]
additional source Watanabe; K.; Ando, K.; Tsuchiya, K.; Segawa, S. (1998). Late Embryos and Paralarvae of Diamondback Squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 57 (4): 291-301. [details] Available for editors
additional source Anonymous. (1994). Squid was one-of-a-kind find. <em>Shell-O-Gram, Jacksonville Shell Club.</em> 35(3): 7., available online at https://jaxshells.org/pdfs/mayjun94.pdf
note: A tentative identification by Nancy Voss [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 368 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Líng-Qí-Yóu | [details] |
| English | diamondback squiddiamond squid | [details] |
| Japanese | ソデイカ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ρομβοκαλάμαρο | [details] |
| Russian | Кальмар-ромб | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)
To GenBank (16624 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)
To GenBank (16624 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
