WoRMS taxon details
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830)
342066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342066)
accepted
Species
Loligo brevitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted (original combination)
Loligo vanikoriensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 2 [1830]; 240 [1831] [details]
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 2 [1830]; 240 [1831] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342066 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 2 [1830]; 240 [1831] [details]
original description (of Loligo brevitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Loligo vanikoriensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 79, pl. 5, figs 1-2 [details]
basis of record Dunning M.C. (1998) A review of the systematics, distribution, and biology of arrow squids genera <i>Ommastrephes</i> Orbigny, 1835, <i>Sthenoteuthis</i> Verrill, 1880, and <i>Ornithoteuthis</i> Okada, 1927 (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 425-433, 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.
page(s): 427 [details]
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 2 [1830]; 240 [1831] [details]
original description (of Loligo brevitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Loligo vanikoriensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 79, pl. 5, figs 1-2 [details]
basis of record Dunning M.C. (1998) A review of the systematics, distribution, and biology of arrow squids genera <i>Ommastrephes</i> Orbigny, 1835, <i>Sthenoteuthis</i> Verrill, 1880, and <i>Ornithoteuthis</i> Okada, 1927 (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 425-433, 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.
page(s): 427 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Identification resource
identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Gleadall, I. G. (1997). Hong Kong Cephalopada: A brief review of current knowledge and identification of specimens collected in 1995. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 503-513. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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> , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 315 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Gleadall, I. G. (1997). Hong Kong Cephalopada: A brief review of current knowledge and identification of specimens collected in 1995. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 503-513. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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> , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 315 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat oceanic, epi- to mesopelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Ào-Lán-Yuān-Róu-Yú | [details] |
| English | purpleback squidpurpleback flying squid | [details] |
| German | Violetter Flugkalmar [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | トビイカ | [details] |
| Russian | Кальмар тропический | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (385 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)
To GenBank (827 nucleotides; 851 proteins) (from synonym Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830)
To GenBank (827 nucleotides; 851 proteins)
To GenBank (827 nucleotides; 851 proteins) (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)
To GenBank (827 nucleotides; 851 proteins) (from synonym Loligo oualaniensis R. P. Lesson, 1830)
To GenBank (827 nucleotides; 851 proteins)
To GenBank (827 nucleotides; 851 proteins) (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis (R. P. Lesson, 1830))
To ITIS
