Species Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, E. 1857. Bermerkungen uber die Cephalopoden von Messina. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 23: 41-76 [70].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Messina, Mediterranean Sea.
• Thysanoteuthis elegans Troschel, E. 1857. Bermerkungen uber die Cephalopoden von Messina. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 23: 41-76 [74].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.
• Thysanoteuthis nuchalis 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 [531].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clarke, M.R. 1966. A review of the systematics and ecology of oceanic squids. Advances in Marine Biology 4: 91-300 [159]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: epipelagic, nectonic, oceanic, temperate.

Juvenile: epipelagic, oceanic, planktonic, temperate, 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 (Australian distribution)

Suzuki, S., Misaki, H. & Okutani, T. 1979. Studies on early life history of decapodan Mollusca. VIII. A supplementary note on floating egg mass of Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel in Japan—the first underwater photography. Venus 38: 153-55

Yamamoto, T. & Okutani, T. 1975. Studies on early life history of Decapoden Mollusca. V. Systematics and distribution of epipelagic larvae of decapod cephalopods in the south western waters of Japan during the summer in 1970. Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 83: 45-96

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