Marine Species Traits - Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831)

Traits taxon details

Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831)

AphiaID

342406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342406)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Uroteuthis Rehder, 1945

Original name

Pteroteuthis arabica Ehrenberg, 1831

Synonymised names

Uroteuthis (Photololigo) arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831) · alternative representation

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, Animalia evertebrata, Animalia Mollusca. <em>Zoologica.</em> II: unpaginated [46 pages, 1831], plates 1-2 [1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517219
page(s): [3-4]; note: unpaginated, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517221 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342406 on 2026-02-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Uroteuthis arabica (Ehrenberg, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342406 on 2026-02-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-27 18:55:09Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-06-26 08:43:10Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-04 02:51:52Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2023-02-21 09:23:08Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, Animalia evertebrata, Animalia Mollusca. <em>Zoologica.</em> II: unpaginated [46 pages, 1831], plates 1-2 [1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517219
page(s): [3-4]; note: unpaginated, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517221 [details]

Definitions

To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS