WoRMS name details
Nototodarus insignis (A. A. Gould, 1852)
1885217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1885217)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Ommastrephes insignis A. A. Gould, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ommastrephes insignis A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 480, pl. 49, fig. 592a-n. [details]
page(s): 480, pl. 49, fig. 592a-n. [details]
Type locality contained in Fiji Islands
type locality contained in Fiji Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nototodarus insignis (A. A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1885217 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ommastrephes insignis A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 480, pl. 49, fig. 592a-n. [details]
basis of record Pfeffer, G. (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 2 (F.a.): 1-815., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3630365
page(s): 434, pl. 31 [details]
page(s): 480, pl. 49, fig. 592a-n. [details]
basis of record Pfeffer, G. (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 2 (F.a.): 1-815., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3630365
page(s): 434, pl. 31 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Dunning M.C. & Förch E.C. (1998) A review of the systematics, distribution and biology of arrow squids of the genus <i>Nototodarus</i> Pfeffer, 1912 (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 393-404, 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): 394 [details]
page(s): 394 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
