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Illex Steenstrup, 1880 
AphiaID: 138278

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Oegopsida (Order) > Ommastrephidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Loligo coindetii Vérany, 1839
Typetaxon of  Illicinae Posselt, 1890
Parent Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857
Source  basis of record: Roper C.F.E., Lu C.C. & Vecchione M. (1998) A revision of the systematics and distribution of Illex species (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 405-423, 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. [details]

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 Species Illex argentinus (Castellanos, 1960)
Species Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)
Species Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821)
Species Illex oxygonius Roper, Lu & Mangold, 1969
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138278
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2011-02-25 22:38:50Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Illex Steenstrup, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138278 on 2013-05-22
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