Species Uroteuthis (Photololigo) sp. 2 Hall, unpub.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Loligo edulis Hoyle, W.E. 1885. Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger. Part 2. The Decapoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 181-203 [186].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1889.4.24.83 ♂, from Yokohama market, Japan.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hoyle, W.E. 1885. Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger. Part 2. The Decapoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 181-203

Generic Combinations

• Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Hoyle, 1885). —
  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]

Introduction

This taxon is a species-complex currently under review (pers. comm. Karina Hall May 2023). It is listed as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) 'edulis' (Hoyle, 1885) (species-complex) in Reid (2016). However, it is currently being described as a distinct 'chinensis-like' species. Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis (Hoyle, 1885) does not occur in Australian waters. Note that the images on p. 55 of Reid (2016) are not Uroteuthis (Photololigo) 'edulis', but are sp. 4 Hall, unpub..

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nectonic.

Juvenile: planktonic.

Continental shelf, epipelagic.

General 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. [101] (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 [28] (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] (Swordtip Squid)

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