Species Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis (Gray, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Loligo chinensis Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum. 1. Cephalopoda Antepedia. London : British Museum (Natural History) 164 pp. [74].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 19739.1 ♀, from Canton Market, China; BMNH 19739.2 adult, from Canton Market, China.
• Loligo etheridgei Berry, S.S. 1918. Report on the Cephalopoda obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour in the Great Australian Bight and other southern Australian localities. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 4: 203-298 pls 59-88 [243].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E6068, 'Australian Seas'.
• Loligo formosana Sasaki, M. 1929. A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 20(Suppl.): 1-357 30 pls [109].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MT 2 specimens (missing), locality unknown.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Natsukuri, Y. & Okutani, T. 1975. Taxonomic and morphological studies on the loliginid squids. 1. Identity of Loligo chinensis Gray, 1849. Redescription of the type specimen and taxonomic review. Venus 34: 83-91 [90]

 

Generic Combinations

• Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis (Gray, 1849). —
  Vecchione, M., Brakoniecki, T.F., Natsukari, Y. & Hanlon, R.T. 1998. A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 215-222 [218]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern, western and eastern Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nectonic.

Paralarva: planktonic.

Continental shelf, subtropical, tropical.

 

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. 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)

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. [106] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)

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)

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [147] (biology)

 

Common Name References

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [147] (Mitre Squid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-May-2012	TEUTHIDA	09-May-2012	MOVED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)