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Species Idiosepius pygmaeus Steenstrup, 1881

Two-tone Pygmy Squid


Compiler and date details

2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Northern and northeastern Australia. Shallow inshore waters.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, marine, temperate, tropical.

 

General References

Jackson, G.D. 1988. The use of statolith microstructures to analyze life-history events in the small tropical cephalopod Idisepius pygmaeus. United States Department of Agriculture. Cooperative Economic Insect Report 87: 265-272 (growth)

Jackson, G.D. 1992. Seasonal abundance of the small tropical sepioid Idiosepius pygmaeus (Cephalopoda: Idiosepiidae) at two localities off Townsville, north Queensland, Australia. Veliger 35(4): 396-401 (abundance)

Jackson, G.D. 1993. Seasonal variation in reproductive investment in the tropical loliginid squid Loligo chinensis and the small tropical sepioid Idiosepius pygmaeus. United States Fisheries Bulletin 91: 260-270 (reproduction)

Jackson, G.D. & Choat, J.H. 1992. Growth in tropical cephalopods: an analysis based on statolith microstructure. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences [formerly Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada] 49(2): 218-228 (growth)

Lewis, A.R. & Choat, J.H. 1993. Spawning mode and reproductive output of the tropical cephalopod Idiosepius pygmaeus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences [formerly Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada] 50(1): 20-28 (reproduction)

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 [28] (Australian distrbution)

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [129] (biology)

Reid, A.L. & Strugnell, J.M. 2018. A new pygmy squid, Idiosepius hallami n. sp. (Cephalopoda: Idiosepiidae) from eastern Australia and elevation of the southern endemic ‘notoides’ clade to a new genus, Xipholeptos n. gen. Zootaxa 4369(4): 451-486 [469, Table 5]

Robson, G.C. 1928. Céphalopodes des mers d'Indochine. Notes. Station Maritime de Cauda 10: 1-53 (Australian distribution)

 

Common Name References

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [129] (Two-tone Pygmy Squid)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Jan-2014 SEPIOLIDA 19-Apr-2012 MODIFIED Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
12-Feb-2010 (import)