Todarodes
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| Todarodes | |
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| File:Todarodes filippovae 491 mm ML.jpg | |
| Todarodes filippovae | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Ommastrephidae |
| Subfamily: | Todarodinae |
| Genus: | Todarodes Steenstrup, 1880[1] |
| Type species | |
| Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798
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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
[edit | edit source]The following species are members of Todarodes, with their vernacular names:[1][3]
- Todarodes angolensis Adam, 1962 Angolan flying squid
- Todarodes filippovae Adam, 1975 Antarctic flying squid
- Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880) Japanese flying squid
- Todarodes pusillus Dunning, 1988 little flying squid
- Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) European flying squid
References
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