WoRMS taxon details
Ommastrephes A. d'Orbigny, 1835
138279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138279)
accepted
Genus
Loligo bartramii Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) (type by subsequent designation)
Cycria Leach, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lolimnites Risso, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ommatostrephes Lovén, 1845 · unaccepted (emmendation of Ommastrephes)
- Species Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821)
- Species Ommastrephes brevimanus (A. Gould, 1852)
- Species Ommastrephes caroli (Furtado, 1887)
- Species Ommastrephes cylindraceus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Ommastrephes arabicus (Ehrenberg, 1831) accepted as Uroteuthis (Photololigo) arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831) represented as Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831)
- Species Ommastrephes argentinus Castellanos, 1960 accepted as Illex argentinus (Castellanos, 1960) (original combination)
- Species Ommastrephes ayresii Gabb, 1864 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ommastrephes bartrami (Lesueur, 1821) accepted as Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) (spelling variation)
- Species Ommastrephes californica Heath, 1908 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ommastrephes crassus Lafont, 1871 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ommastrephes giganteus A. d'Orbigny, 1842 accepted as Ommastrephes gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) accepted as Dosidicus gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Species Ommastrephes gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) accepted as Dosidicus gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommastrephes gouldi McCoy, 1888 accepted as Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888) (original combination)
- Species Ommastrephes hawaiiensis S. S. Berry, 1912 accepted as Nototodarus hawaiiensis (S. S. Berry, 1912) (original combination)
- Species Ommastrephes illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821) accepted as Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821)
- Species Ommastrephes pacificus Steenstrup, 1880 accepted as Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880) (original combination)
- Species Ommastrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855 accepted as Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)
- Species Ommastrephes robustus A. E. Verrill, 1876 accepted as Onykia robusta (A. E. Verrill, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommastrephes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) accepted as Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798)
- Species Ommastrephes sloanii Gray, 1849 accepted as Nototodarus sloanii (Gray, 1849) (original combination)
- Species Ommastrephes veranyi (Girard, 1889) accepted as Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) (synonym)
- Species Ommastrephes volatilis Sasaki, 1915 accepted as Ornithoteuthis volatilis (Sasaki, 1915) (original combination)
- Species Ommastrephes ensifer R. Owen, 1881 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Ommastrephes insignis A. Gould, 1852 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ommastrephes A. d'Orbigny, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138279 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 45 [details]
original description (of Ommatostrephes Lovén, 1845) Lovén, S. (1845). Malacologiska notiser. [Om nordiska Cephalopoder.]. <em>Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar.</em> 2(5):120-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957520
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Lolimnites Risso, 1854) Risso A. (1854). <em>Mollusques Céphalopodes vivants observés dans le parage méditerranéen du Comté de Nice</em>. 81 pages, 33 plates, Nice.
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Cycria Leach, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 58 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Ommatostrephes Lovén, 1845) Lovén, S. (1845). Malacologiska notiser. [Om nordiska Cephalopoder.]. <em>Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar.</em> 2(5):120-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957520
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Lolimnites Risso, 1854) Risso A. (1854). <em>Mollusques Céphalopodes vivants observés dans le parage méditerranéen du Comté de Nice</em>. 81 pages, 33 plates, Nice.
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Cycria Leach, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 58 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
Other
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 
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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): 295 [details]
additional source Fernández-Álvarez, F.Á., Braid, H.E., Nigmatullin, C.M., Bolstad, K.S.R., Haimovici, M., Sánchez, P., Sajikumar, K.K., Ragesh, N. & Villanueva, R. (2020). Global biodiversity of the genus <em>Ommastrephes</em> (Ommastrephidae: Cephalopoda): an allopatric cryptic species complex. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa014/5810330 [details]
[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): 295 [details]
additional source Fernández-Álvarez, F.Á., Braid, H.E., Nigmatullin, C.M., Bolstad, K.S.R., Haimovici, M., Sánchez, P., Sajikumar, K.K., Ragesh, N. & Villanueva, R. (2020). Global biodiversity of the genus <em>Ommastrephes</em> (Ommastrephidae: Cephalopoda): an allopatric cryptic species complex. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa014/5810330 [details]
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