Genus Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818

Museums

Regional Maps

• Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, K.M.H. 1818. Onychoteuthis sepien mit krallen. Isis 1818: 1591-1592 [1591].

  Type species:

   Loligo banksii Leach, 1817 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Young, R.E. 1972. The systematics and areal distribution of pelagic cephalopods from the seas off southern California. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 97: 1-159.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Mar-2014	TEUTHIDA	20-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)