Species Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii (Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1839)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Onychoteuthis lichtensteinii Férussac, A. de & d'Orbigny, A. 1839. Histoire naturelle générale et particuliere des Céphalopodes Acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. Paris : Libraire F. Savy. [pl. 14 figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, off Nice, Mediterranean Sea.

  Secondary source:

   Kubodera, T., Piatkowski, U., Okutani, T. & Clarke, M.R. 1998. Taxonomy and zoogeography of the family Onychoteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 227-291.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii (Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1839).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

South-west Pacific, central and south Atlantic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mesopelagic, nectonic, predator, temperate.

Juvenile: mesopelagic, planktonic, predator, temperate.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Mar-2014	TEUTHIDA	20-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)