Species Idiosepius paradoxus (Ortmann, 1888)
Northern Pygmy Squid
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Microteuthis paradoxus Ortmann, A. 1888. Japanische Cephalopoden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 3: 639-670 [649].
Type data:
Holotype MZUS, Kadysiama, Japan.Secondary source:
Sasaki, M. 1929. A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 20(Suppl.): 1-357 30 pls.
Generic Combinations
- Idiosepius paradoxus (Ortmann, 1888).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Northern Australia
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution 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. [209]
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, marine, tropical.
General References
Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 [28] (Australian distribution)
Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [129] (biology)
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. [209] (geographical distribution)
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 [468, Table 5]
Robson, G.C. 1928. Céphalopodes des mers d'Indochine. Notes. Station Maritime de Cauda 10: 1-53 (Australian distribution)
Common Name References
Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [129] (Northern Pygmy Squid)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2014 | SEPIOLIDA | 06-Jan-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 19-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED |