Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
SuperOrdo: Decapodiformes
Ordo: Teuthida
SubOrdo: Myopsina
Familia: Loliginidae
Genera: Aestuariolus – Afrololigo – Alloteuthis – Doryteuthis – Heterololigo – Loligo – Loliolus – Lolliguncula – Pickfordiateuthis – Sepioteuthis – Uroteuthis
Name
Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821: 89
Type Genus: Loligo Lamarck, 1798: 130.
References
Lesueur, C.A. 1821: Description of several new species of Cuttle-fish. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2(1): 86–101.
Vernacular names
English: Inshore squids
Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida.
Taxonomy
The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida.
Taxonomic list
Doryteuthis opalescens paralarva
Loliolus sumatrensis
Lolliguncula brevis
Caribbean reef squid
(Sepioteuthis sepioidea)
Bigfin reef squid
(Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
The classification below (including 47 species) follows Vecchione et al. (2005)[3] and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010).[4]
Several doubtfully distinct species have also been described; see the genus articles for these.
Genus Afrololigo
Afrololigo mercatoris, Guinean thumbstall squid
Genus Alloteuthis
Alloteuthis africana, African squid
Alloteuthis media, midsize squid
Alloteuthis subulata, European common squid
Genus Doryteuthis
Subgenus Amerigo
Doryteuthis gahi, Patagonian squid
Doryteuthis ocula, bigeye inshore squid
Doryteuthis opalescens, opalescent inshore squid
Doryteuthis pealeii, longfin inshore squid
Doryteuthis surinamensis, Surinam squid
Subgenus Doryteuthis
Doryteuthis plei, slender inshore squid
Doryteuthis roperi, Roper inshore squid
Subgenus unnamed
Doryteuthis sanpaulensis, São Paulo squid
Genus Heterololigo
Heterololigo bleekeri, spear squid
Genus Loligo
Loligo forbesii, veined squid
Loligo reynaudii, Cape Hope squid or chokka
Loligo vulgaris, European squid
Genus Loliolus
Subgenus Loliolus
Loliolus affinis
Loliolus hardwickei
Subgenus Nipponololigo
Loliolus beka, Beka squid
Loliolus japonica, Japanese squid
Loliolus sumatrensis, Kobi squid
Loliolus uyii, little squid
Genus Lolliguncula
Subgenus Loliolopsis
Lolliguncula diomedeae, dart squid or shortarm gonate squid
Subgenus Lolliguncula
Lolliguncula argus Argus brief squid
Lolliguncula brevis, Atlantic brief squid
Lolliguncula panamensis, Panama brief squid
Genus Pickfordiateuthis
Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Bayer's grass squid
Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, grass squid
Pickfordiateuthis vossi Voss' grass squid
Pickfordiateuthis sp. A
Genus Sepioteuthis
Sepioteuthis australis, southern reef squid or southern calamary
Sepioteuthis lessoniana, bigfin reef squid or northern calamary
Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Caribbean reef squid
Genus Uroteuthis
Subgenus Aestuariolus
Uroteuthis noctiluca, luminous bay squid
Subgenus Photololigo
Uroteuthis abulati
Uroteuthis arabica
Uroteuthis bengalensis
Uroteuthis chinensis, mitre squid
Uroteuthis duvaucelii, Indian squid
Uroteuthis edulis, swordtip squid
Uroteuthis robsoni
Uroteuthis sibogae, Siboga squid
Uroteuthis singhalensis, long barrel squid
Uroteuthis vossi
Subgenus Uroteuthis
Uroteuthis bartschi, Bartsch's squid
Subgenus incertae sedis
Uroteuthis pickfordae, Siboga squid
Uroteuthis reesi
References
Mironenko, Aleksandr A.; Boiko, Maxim S.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Arkhipkin, Alexander I.; Bizikov, Viacheslav A.; Košťák, Martin (December 2021). "First discovery of the soft‐body imprint of an Oligocene fossil squid indicates its piscivorous diet". Lethaia. 54 (5): 793–805. doi:10.1111/let.12440. ISSN 0024-1164.
Brakoniecki, T.F. (1996). A revision of the genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953 (Cephalopoda; Myopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 58(1): 9–28.
Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). "Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids" (PDF). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66: 23–26.
Vecchione, M. & R.E. Young. (2010). Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821. The Tree of Life Web Project.
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