WoRMS taxon details
Ornithoteuthis volatilis (M. Sasaki, 1915)
220322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220322)
accepted
Species
Ommastrephes volatilis M. Sasaki, 1915 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ommastrephes volatilis M. Sasaki, 1915) Sasaki, M. (1915). On three interesting new oegopsids from the Bay of Sagami. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan.</em> 6 (6): 131–150., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48243461
page(s): 138, text-fig 3, pl 4, figs 1–6 [details]
page(s): 138, text-fig 3, pl 4, figs 1–6 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ornithoteuthis volatilis (M. Sasaki, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220322 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ommastrephes volatilis M. Sasaki, 1915) Sasaki, M. (1915). On three interesting new oegopsids from the Bay of Sagami. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan.</em> 6 (6): 131–150., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48243461
page(s): 138, text-fig 3, pl 4, figs 1–6 [details]
basis of record Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]
page(s): 138, text-fig 3, pl 4, figs 1–6 [details]
basis of record Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [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): 346 [details]
page(s): 346 [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]
additional source 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): 429 [details]
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
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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): 309 [details]
additional source Wakabayashi, T.; Saito, K.; Tsuchiya, K.; Segawa, S. (2002). Descriptions of Eucleoteuthis luminosa (Sasaki, 1915) and Ornithoteuthis volatilis (Sasaki, 1915) Paralarvae in the Northwestern Pacific. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 60 (4): 237-260. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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): 429 [details]
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): 309 [details]
additional source Wakabayashi, T.; Saito, K.; Tsuchiya, K.; Segawa, S. (2002). Descriptions of Eucleoteuthis luminosa (Sasaki, 1915) and Ornithoteuthis volatilis (Sasaki, 1915) Paralarvae in the Northwestern Pacific. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 60 (4): 237-260. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Niăo-Róu-Yú | [details] |
| English | shiny bird squid | [details] |
| Japanese | ヤセトビイカ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ommastrephes volatilis M. Sasaki, 1915)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ornithoteuthis volatilis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ommastrephes volatilis M. Sasaki, 1915)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ommastrephes volatilis M. Sasaki, 1915)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ornithoteuthis volatilis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ommastrephes volatilis M. Sasaki, 1915)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
