WoRMS taxon details
Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821
225819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225819)
accepted
Species
Loligo leachii Blainville, 1823 · unaccepted (synonym)
Loligopsis guttata R. E. Grant, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Perothis eschscholtzii Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: 86-101., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26373584 [details]
Distribution (sub)tropical Indo-W Pacific
Distribution (sub)tropical Indo-W Pacific [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225819 on 2025-05-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: 86-101., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26373584 [details]
original description (of Perothis eschscholtzii Rathke, 1833) Rathke, H. (1833). <i>Perothis</i>, eine neues genus der cephalopoden. <em>Memoires présentés à l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg par divers Savans.</em> 2(1-2): 149-176, 2 pls. [details]
original description (of Loligo leachii Blainville, 1823) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1823). Mémoire sur les espèces du genre calmar (<i>Loligo</i> Lamarck). <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts.</em> 96: 116-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6176264 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <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. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Perothis eschscholtzii Rathke, 1833) Rathke, H. (1833). <i>Perothis</i>, eine neues genus der cephalopoden. <em>Memoires présentés à l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg par divers Savans.</em> 2(1-2): 149-176, 2 pls. [details]
original description (of Loligo leachii Blainville, 1823) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1823). Mémoire sur les espèces du genre calmar (<i>Loligo</i> Lamarck). <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts.</em> 96: 116-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6176264 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <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. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 153 [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 Evans, A. B. & Bolstad, K. S. R. (2023). Diversity of the squid genus <i>Leachia</i> (Oegopsida: Cranchiidae) in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(6): 72: 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04215-2
page(s): 4 [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 Evans, A. B. & Bolstad, K. S. R. (2023). Diversity of the squid genus <i>Leachia</i> (Oegopsida: Cranchiidae) in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(6): 72: 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04215-2
page(s): 4 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Perothis eschscholtzii Rathke, 1833) ZMB 110053, geounit Indian Ocean [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution (sub)tropical Indo-W Pacific [details]
