WoRMS taxon details
Taningia danae Joubin, 1931
140609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140609)
accepted
Species
Enoploteuthis cookii R. Owen, 1881 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Joubin, L. (1931). Notes préliminaires sur les céphalopodes des croisières du Dana (1921–1922). 3e partie. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris (n.s.).</em> 10 (7): 169–211.
page(s): 181 [details]
page(s): 181 [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Taningia danae Joubin, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140609 on 2025-05-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Joubin, L. (1931). Notes préliminaires sur les céphalopodes des croisières du Dana (1921–1922). 3e partie. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris (n.s.).</em> 10 (7): 169–211.
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Enoploteuthis cookii R. Owen, 1881) Owen, R. (1881). Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (Part II). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 11(5): 131-170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69803
page(s): 150, pl. 30, figs 1-3 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Enoploteuthis cookii R. Owen, 1881) Owen, R. (1881). Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (Part II). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 11(5): 131-170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69803
page(s): 150, pl. 30, figs 1-3 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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]
context source (Bermuda) Roper, C. F. E.; Vecchione, M. (1993). A geographic and taxonomic review of Taningia danae Joubin, 1931 (Cephalopoda: Octopoteuthidae), with new records and observations on bioluminescence. Recent Advances in Fisheries Biology, Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 451-456 [details]
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
[request]
additional source 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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. <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. 262-268., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 265 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Roper, C. F. E.; Vecchione, M. (1993). A geographic and taxonomic review of Taningia danae Joubin, 1931 (Cephalopoda: Octopoteuthidae), with new records and observations on bioluminescence. Recent Advances in Fisheries Biology, Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 451-456 [details]
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
[request]additional source 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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. <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. 262-268., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 265 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]Habitat mesopelagic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Dana octopus squid | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒロビレイカ | [details] |
| Russian | Танингия | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taningia danae)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 816681 Taningia danae - lower beak, top view, (9176) 3-D image)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Enoploteuthis cookii R. Owen, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taningia danae)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 816681 Taningia danae - lower beak, top view, (9176) 3-D image)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Enoploteuthis cookii R. Owen, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
