Todarodes
Todarodes filippovae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Ommastrephidae
Subfamily: Todarodinae
Genus: Todarodes
Steenstrup, 1880[1]
Type species
Loligo sagittata
Lamarck, 1798

Todarodes is a genus of flying squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, of which it is the type genus.[1] The genus contains five species which are partially allopatric but between them their distributions encompass most of the world's oceans and seas. These squid have a funnel groove with foveola, a hectocotylised fourth arm and tentacular stalks which lack free trabeculae.[2]

Species

The following species are members of Todarodes, with their vernacular names:[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Julian Finn (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Todarodes Steenstrup, 1880". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. ^ Vecchione, Michael & Richard E. Young (2011). "Todarodes Steenstrup 1880. Version 30 November 2011 (under construction)". The Tree of Life Web Project.
  3. ^ P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. pp. 322–333. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.
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