CaRMS taxon details

Stoloteuthis leucoptera (A. E. Verrill, 1878)

157037  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157037)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Verrill, A. E. (1878). Art. 46. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 16(95):371-378., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841652
page(s): 378 [details] 
Depth range 160 to 700 m.  
Depth range 160 to 700 m. [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) to the Straits of Florida  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) to the Straits of Florida [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stoloteuthis leucoptera (A. E. Verrill, 1878). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157037 on 2025-05-04
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Stoloteuthis leucoptera (A. E. Verrill, 1878). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157037 on 2025-05-04
Date
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2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
created
2008-08-21 17:03:20Z
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2011-10-08 12:59:09Z
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2016-06-01 00:39:04Z
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2023-06-19 16:13:20Z
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original description (of ) Verrill, A. E. (1878). Art. 46. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 16(95):371-378., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841652
page(s): 378 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
page(s): 199 [details] 

additional source CephBase, available online at http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/ [details] 

additional source Vechione, M., C.F.E. Roper and M.J. Sweeney. 1989. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States. Mollusca: Cephalopoda. NOAA Technical Report. NMFS 73. 23 p. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Depth range 160 to 700 m. [details]

Diet fish, crustaceans, and smaller squid [details]

Dimensions maximum size up to about 25 mm ML [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) to the Straits of Florida [details]

Habitat shelf to slope [details]

Habitat circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Habitat Lower sublittoral and upper bathyal, Possible diurnal activity in the upper mesopelagic [details]

Length Males up to 17 mm mantle length; females up to 18 mm mantle length. [details]

Predators marine mammals, fish [details]

Reproduction sexes are separate. Fertilization is internal but eggs are laid in large communal clusters [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English leucoptera bobtail squidbutterfly bobtail squid  [details]
French sépiole leucoptère  [details]
German Schmetterlingstintenfisch  [details]
Spanish globito leucóptero  [details]