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: Oegopsina
Familia: Cranchiidae
Subfamilia: Taoniinae
Genus: Taonius
Species: T. pavo
Name
Taonius Steenstrup, 1861
Type species: T. pavo
(Lesueur, 1821)
Taonius pavo
References
CephBase [1]
Taonius is a small genus of glass squid. Although it comprises only three recognised species, it has been suggested there may be as many as five species.[2] Taonius borealis is found in the North Pacific Ocean and Taonius pavo is found in the Atlantic and possibly SW Indian Ocean.[3]
Some teuthologists dispute Voss's synonymy of Belonella with Taonius.[4][5]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[6]
Species
Three species are currently placed in Taonius:[1]
Taonius borealis (Nesis, 1972)
Taonius belone (Chun, 1906)
Taonius pavo (Lesueur, 1821)
Detail of beak and tentacles of Taonius pavo
References
Julian Finn (2016). "Taonius Steenstrup, 1861". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
Voss, N.A., S.J. Stephen & Z. Dong 1992. Family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1849. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 513: 187–210.
Richard E. Young (March 8, 2011). "Taonius pavo (Lesueur, 1821)". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
Okutani, Takashi; Lindsay, Dhugal (2010). "Cephalopods Collected by the Submersibles and ROVs of Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology: Annotated Catalogue up to 2008" (PDF). JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development. 10: 27. doi:10.5918/jamstecr.10.23.
Roper, Clyde F. E.; Jereb, Patrizia (2010). "Family Cranchiidae Prosche, 1847". In Jereb, P.; Roper, C. F. E. (eds.). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date. Volume 2: Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. Vol. 4. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 158.
Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
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