Species Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817)

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• Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817).
• Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817.

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMUK 1993017, Gulf of Guinea [01°08'N, 07°26'E].

  Type locality references:

  Lipinski, M.R., Naggs, F.A. & Roeleveld, M.A. 2000. Catalogue of types of Recent cephalopods in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 50 1: 101-120.
• Loligo smythii Leach, 1817.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMUK 1993016, West Africa [01°08′N, 07°26′30"E]
  Comment: Type locality not designated.

  Type locality references:

  Roper, C.F.E. 1966. A study of the genus Enoploteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from the Atlantic Ocean with a redescription of the type species E. leptura (Leach, 1817). Dana Reports 66: 1-46.

 

Generic Combinations

• Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817). —
  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., Vecchione, M., Toll, R.B. & Sweeney, M.J. Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586 1: 1-276

 

Introduction

According to Roper and Jereb (2010), records from the Pacific and Indian Oceans probably refer to Enoploteuthis leptura magnoceani Nesis 1982. This taxon has never been fully described but Tsuchiya and Young (2014) (http://tolweb.org) consider the evidence is adequate to consider it as a valid species. It is possible that the species recognised as E. leptura in Australian waters is actually E. magnoceani. The arrangement of photophores on the ventral mantle differs between the two taxa.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Guinea, eastern and western central Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West Pacific Ocean. (Australian records are based on only a few specimens but the species probably occurs more widely.)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

General References

Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds) 2010. 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. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 pp. 1-605.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795	16-Jun-2023	ADDED	Dr Mandy Reid