African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

ERMS taxon details

Illex Steenstrup, 1880

AphiaID

138278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138278)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Illicinae Posselt, 1891

Parent

Illicinae Posselt, 1891

Original name

Illex Steenstrup, 1880

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Species Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)
Species Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821)
Species Illex illecebrosus Steenstrup, 1880 accepted as Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Steenstrup, J. (1880). Orientering i de Ommatostrephagtige Blæksprutters indbyrdes Forhold. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1880: 73–110, 12 figures, 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29449880
page(s): 82 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Illex Steenstrup, 1880. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138278 on 2025-05-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Illex Steenstrup, 1880. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138278 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-02-25 22:38:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-11 23:30:29Z

changed

Finn, Julian

Licensing

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original description Steenstrup, J. (1880). Orientering i de Ommatostrephagtige Blæksprutters indbyrdes Forhold. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1880: 73–110, 12 figures, 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29449880
page(s): 82 [details]

basis of record Roper C.F.E., Lu C.C. & Vecchione M. (1998) A revision of the systematics and distribution of Illex species (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 405-423, 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]