• Pyroteuthis Hoyle, W.E. 1904. Reports on the Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 43: 1-71 pls 1-11 [42].

  Type species:

   Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844 by original designation.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

General References

Pfeffer, G. 1912. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Ubersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-815 pls 1-48 [195]

History of changes

• Pyroteuthis addolux 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 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype CRE ♂ (Hancock Coll. AHF Cephalopod Type No. 2), (north-eastern Pacific Ocean) [31°39'N 133°16'W].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: oceanic.

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 (Australian distribution)

Roper, C.F.E. & Young, R.E. 1975. Vertical distribution of pelagic cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 209: 1-51 (vertical migration)

History of changes

• Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, E. 1844. Intorno ad alcuni cephalopodi del mare de Messina. Giornale del Gabinetto Letterario di Messina 5(27–28): 129-135 [129].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 196269, Straits of Messina, Sicily (Mediterranean Sea).
• Pyroteuthis margaritifera oceanica Pfeffer, G. 1912. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Ubersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-815 pls 1-48 [204].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.
• Pyroteuthis margaritifera aurantiaca Joubin, L. 1924. Contribution a l'étude des Céphalopodes de l'Atlantique Nord. 4e series. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 67: 1-113 16 pls [52].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [23]

Generic Combinations

• Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844).

Distribution

States

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

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: continental shelf, continental slope, epipelagic, mesopelagic, nectonic, oceanic.

Paralarva: epipelagic, mesopelagic, oceanic, planktonic.

General References

Clarke, M.R. 1966. A review of the systematics and ecology of oceanic squids. Advances in Marine Biology 4: 91-300

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 (Australian distribution)

Riddell, D.J. 1985. The Enoploteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) of the New Zealand region. New Zealand Fisheries Research Bulletin 27: 1-52

Roper, C.F.E. & Young, R.E. 1975. Vertical distribution of pelagic cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 209: 1-51 (vertical migration)

History of changes