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Loligo africana (Adam, 1950) 
AphiaID: 341874

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Myopsida (Order) > Loliginidae (Family) > Loligo (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Alloteuthis africana Adam, 1950
Rank Species
Parent Loligo Lamarck, 1798
Source  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English African squid  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Eastern Central Atlantic [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: shelf [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341874
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-27 18:55:09Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-06-26 08:43:10Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-06-28 20:25:17Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Loligo africana (Adam, 1950). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341874 on 2013-05-24
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