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Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Oegopsida
family
Ommastrephidae
genus
Dosidicus
species
Dosidicus gigas

Name

Synonyms
Dosidicus eschrichtii Steenstrup, 1857
Dosidicus steenstrupii Pfeffer, 1884
Ommastrephes giganteus d'Orbigny
Ommastrephes gigas d'Orbigny
Sepia nigra Bosc, 1802
Sepia tunicata Molina, 1782
Homonyms
Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835)
Common names
Humboldt Kalmar in German
Humboldt squid in English
Humboldt-Kalmar in German
Jibia o Calamar rojo in language.
Jumbokalmar in German
Riesen-Flugkalmar in German
RiesenPfeilkalmar in German
encornet géant in French
jumbo flying squid in English
jumbo squid in English
jumbo squid in English
reuzenpijlinktvis in Dutch
Humboldt Squid in English
Humboldt Kalmar in German
Humboldt squid in English
Humboldt-Kalmar in German
Jumbo Flying Squid in English
Jumbokalmar in German
Riesen-Flugkalmar in German
RiesenPfeilkalmar in German
encornet géant in French
jumbo flying squid in English
jumbo squid in English
reuzenpijlinktvis in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Berry, S. S. (1912). Note on the occurrence of a giant squid off the California coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(10): 117-118.
  2. Lu, C. C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier, 1995: Catalogue of types of recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4) 17 (3-4). 307-343.
  3. Pfeffer, G., 1900: Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden.. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum Hamburg, 17 (2). 147-198.
  4. Roper, C.F.E., Nigmatullin, C. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ommastrephidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. <em>pp. 269-347.</em>
  5. Rozbaczylo & Castilla 1987, Ibáñez et al. 2009, Ibáñez et al. 2011
  6. Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599.
  7. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  8. Wormuth J.H. (1998) Workshop deliberations on the Ommastrephidae: A brief history of their systematics and a review of the systematics, distribution, and biology of the genera <i>Martialia</i> Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889, <i>Todaropsis</i> Girard, 1890, <i>Dosidicus</i> Steenstrup, 1857, <i>Hyaloteuthis</i> Gray, 1849, and <i>Eucleoteuthis</i> Berry, 1916. Pp. 373-383, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
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