MolluscaBase taxon details
Watasenia scintillans (S. S. Berry, 1911)
342419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342419)
accepted
Species
Abralia (Compsoteuthis) nishikawae Pfeffer, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Abralia japonica M. Ishikawa, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Abraliopsis scintillans S. S. Berry, 1911 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Abraliopsis scintillans S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Note on a new Abraliopsis from Japan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25: 93-94. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Watasenia scintillans (S. S. Berry, 1911). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342419 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Abralia japonica M. Ishikawa, 1929) Ishikawa, M. (1929). On a new species of a luminous squid from the Sea of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy.</em> 5(1): 51-54. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Abraliopsis scintillans S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Note on a new Abraliopsis from Japan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25: 93-94. [details]
original description (of Abralia (Compsoteuthis) nishikawae Pfeffer, 1912) Pfeffer, G. (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 2 (F.a.): 1-815., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3630365
page(s): 150, 162 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Enoploteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 183-200., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source Okutani, T., Tagawa, M. & Horikawa, H. eds. (1987). <em>Cephalopods from continental shelf and slope around Japan</em>. Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 194 pages.
page(s): 110 [details]
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): 282 [details]
[request]original description (of Abraliopsis scintillans S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Note on a new Abraliopsis from Japan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25: 93-94. [details]
original description (of Abralia (Compsoteuthis) nishikawae Pfeffer, 1912) Pfeffer, G. (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 2 (F.a.): 1-815., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3630365
page(s): 150, 162 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Enoploteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 183-200., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source Okutani, T., Tagawa, M. & Horikawa, H. eds. (1987). <em>Cephalopods from continental shelf and slope around Japan</em>. Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 194 pages.
page(s): 110 [details]
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): 282 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat epipelagic, oceanic [details]
