Species Sepioteuthis lessoniana Férussac in Lesson, 1830
Bigfin Reef Squid
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Sepioteuthis lessoniana Férussac in Lesson, R.P. 1830. Zoologie du voyage autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les anées 1822–1825, par M.L.I. Duperry. Paris Vol. Zoologie 2, Pt 1 pp.1-24 and atlas of plates (1826). [244].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (missing), ?Dore Bay, West Irian (as le havre de Dorey). - Sepioteuthis guinensis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Mollusques. pp. 1–320 in, Zoologie du voyage de l'Astrolabe sous les ordres du Capitane Dumont d'Urville, pendant les années 1826–1829. Zoologie. 2 vols Paris : J. Tastu, Editeur-Imprimeur. [72].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 2-6-454, 455 soft part and gladius of same specimen, locality unknown. - Sepioteuthis lunulata Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Mollusques. pp. 1–320 in, Zoologie du voyage de l'Astrolabe sous les ordres du Capitane Dumont d'Urville, pendant les années 1826–1829. Zoologie. 2 vols Paris : J. Tastu, Editeur-Imprimeur. [74].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 2-6-442, 443, locality unknown;
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Sepioteuthis mauritiana Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Mollusques. pp. 1–320 in, Zoologie du voyage de l'Astrolabe sous les ordres du Capitane Dumont d'Urville, pendant les années 1826–1829. Zoologie. 2 vols Paris : J. Tastu, Editeur-Imprimeur. [76].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 2-6-449, 450, locality unknown;
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Sepioteuthis dorensis D'Orbigny, A. in Ferussac, A. de & d'Orbigny, A. 1835. Histoire naturelle générale et particuliere des Céphalopodes Acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. 2 vols. Paris : J.-B. Baillière Libraire de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine 341pp. [pl. 3, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 2-6-454, 455 soft parts, gladius of same specimen, locality unknown. - Sepioteuthis sinensis Férussac, A. de & d'Orbigny, A. 1848. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes Acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. 2 vols. Paris : J.-B. Baillière Libraire de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine 341pp. [dates 1835–1848] [304].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Sepioteuthis arctipinnis Gould, A.A. 1852. Mollusca and shells. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 12: 1-510 [479].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Sepioteuthis brevis Owen, R. 1881. Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda. Pt 2. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 11: 131-170 pls 23-35 [137].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Sepioteuthis neoguinaica Pfeffer, G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 63-90 3 pls [64].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lu, C.C. & Tait, R.W. 1983. Taxonomic studies on Sepioteuthis Blainville (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the Australian region. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95: 181-204 [182]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northern Australia
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Jereb, P., Vecchione, M. & Roper, C.F.E. 2010. Family Loliginidae. pp. 38-117 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). 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. [95]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coastal, continental shelf, nectonic.
Paralarva: coastal, neritic, planktonic.
Coastal, neritic.
General References
Dunning, M., McKinnon, S., Lu, C.C., Yeatman, J. & Cameron, D. 1994. Demersal cephalopods of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45: 351-374 (Australian distribution)
Jackson, G.D., Arkhipkin, A.I., Bizikov, V.A. & Hanlon, R.T. 1993. Laboratory and field corrobaroration of age and growth from statoliths and gladii of the loliginid squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). pp. 189-199 in Okutani, T., O'Dor, R.K. & Kubodera, T. (eds). Recent Advances in Cephalopod Fisheries Biology. Tokyo : Tokai University Press. (growth)
Jereb, P., Vecchione, M. & Roper, C.F.E. 2010. Family Loliginidae. pp. 38-117 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). 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. [95] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)
Common Name References
Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [43] (Bigfin Reef Squid)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2014 | TEUTHIDA | 16-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |