WoRMS taxon details
Dosidicus gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
342291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342291)
accepted
Species
Dosidicus eschrichtii Steenstrup, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dosidicus steenstrupii Pfeffer, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Loligo gigas A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ommastrephes giganteus A. d'Orbigny, 1842 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Ommastrephes gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sepia nigra Bosc, 1802 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia tunicata Molina, 1782 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Loligo gigas A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 4 [18 May 1835] [details]
page(s): pl. 4 [18 May 1835] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Dosidicus gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342291 on 2024-11-22
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original description
(of Dosidicus eschrichtii Steenstrup, 1857) Steenstrup, J. (1857). Professor Steenstrup foreviste og karakteriserde derpaa et Par nye Cephalopoder. <em>Videnskabelige Meddekekser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjobenhavn.</em> 1856(1-2): 120-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35633066
page(s): 120 [details]
original description (of Dosidicus steenstrupii Pfeffer, 1884) Pfeffer G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. <i>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, Hamburg</i>, 8(1): 1-30., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70869
page(s): 20, fig 27 [details]
original description (of Ommastrephes giganteus A. d'Orbigny, 1842) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Ommastrephes pl 1, figs 11-13 [1842]; 350 [1848] [details]
original description (of Sepia tunicata Molina, 1782) Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. <em>Bologna.</em> i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Loligo gigas A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 4 [18 May 1835] [details]
original description (of Sepia nigra Bosc, 1802) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 47 [details]
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 (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]
basis of record 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.
page(s): 377 [details]
basis of record 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): 300-304, textfigs 293-294 [details]
additional source Berry, S. S. (1912). Note on the occurrence of a giant squid off the California coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(10): 117-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818308 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
original description (of Dosidicus steenstrupii Pfeffer, 1884) Pfeffer G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. <i>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, Hamburg</i>, 8(1): 1-30., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70869
page(s): 20, fig 27 [details]
original description (of Ommastrephes giganteus A. d'Orbigny, 1842) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Ommastrephes pl 1, figs 11-13 [1842]; 350 [1848] [details]
original description (of Sepia tunicata Molina, 1782) Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. <em>Bologna.</em> i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Loligo gigas A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 4 [18 May 1835] [details]
original description (of Sepia nigra Bosc, 1802) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 47 [details]
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 (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]basis of record 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.
page(s): 377 [details]
basis of record 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): 300-304, textfigs 293-294 [details]
additional source Berry, S. S. (1912). Note on the occurrence of a giant squid off the California coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(10): 117-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818308 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat neritic to oceanic, epi- to mesopelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | reuzenpijlinktvis | [details] |
| English | jumbo squidjumbo flying squidHumboldt squid | [details] |
| French | encornet géant | [details] |
| German | RiesenPfeilkalmarRiesen-FlugkalmarJumbokalmarHumboldt-KalmarHumboldt Kalmar | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (162 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Ommastrephes gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dosidicus gigas)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (1716 nucleotides; 1549 proteins)
To GenBank (1716 nucleotides; 1549 proteins) (from synonym Ommastrephes gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Ommastrephes gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dosidicus gigas)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (1716 nucleotides; 1549 proteins)
To GenBank (1716 nucleotides; 1549 proteins) (from synonym Ommastrephes gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
