Species Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Loligo eblanae Ball, R. 1841. On a species of Loligo found on the shore of Dublin Bay. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 1: 362-364 [364].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Dublin Bay Ireland.
• Todaropsis veranyi Girard, A.A. 1889. Nota sobre os cephalopodes de Portugal. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 2 1: 200-205 [204].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Adam, W. 1952. Résultats scientifiques des expéditions océanographiques belges dans les eaux côtières Africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948–1949). Céphalopodes. Résultats Scientifique Expédition Océanographique Belge 1948–1949 3(3): 1-142 [94]

Generic Combinations

• Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Eggs: planktonic.

General References

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

Dunning, M. & Brandt, S.B. 1985. Distribution and life history of deep-water squid of commercial interest from Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 343-359 [353] (Australian distribution, life history)

Dunning, M.C. 1998. Zoogeography of arrow squids (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the Coral and Tasman Seas, southwest Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 586: 435-453 (distribution)

Lu, C.C. 1982. First record of Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) in the Pacific Ocean. Venus 4: 67-70 (Australian distribution)

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)

Mangold-Wirz, K. 1963. Biologie des céphalopodes benthiques et nektoniques de la Mer Catalane. Vie et Milieu Suppl. 13: 1-285 pls 1-4

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

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