Genus Idiosepius Steenstrup, 1881
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Idiosepius Steenstrup, J.J. 1881. Sepiadarium og Idiosepius to nye slaegter af Sepiernes familie. Med Bemaerkninger om de to beslaegtede former Sepioloidea d'Orb. og Spirula Lamarck. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 6: 213-242 [219].
Type species:
Idiosepius pygmaeus Steenstrup, 1881 by monotypy. - Microteuthis Ortmann, A. 1888. Japanische Cephalopoden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 3: 639-670 [648].
Type species:
Microteuthis paradoxa Ortmann, 1888 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Berry, S.S. 1921. A review of the cephalopod genera Sepioloidea, Sepiadarium and Idiosepius. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 347-364 [355]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific region.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Berry, S.S. 1921. A review of the cephalopod genera Sepioloidea, Sepiadarium and Idiosepius. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 347-364
- Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp.
- Voss, G.L. 1963. Cephalopods of the Philippine Islands. United States National Museum Bulletin 234: 1-180
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Reid, A. 2005. Family Idiosepiidae. pp. 208-210 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4 Rome : FAO Vol. 1 pp. 1-262. [208]
Reid, A.L. & Strugnell, J.M. 2018. A new pygmy squid, Idiosepius hallami n. sp. (Cephalopoda: Idiosepiidae) from eastern Australia and elevation of the southern endemic ‘notoides’ clade to a new genus, Xipholeptos n. gen. Zootaxa 4369(4): 451-486 [457]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2014 | SEPIOLIDA | 07-Jan-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |