CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Cephalopoda (class) » Myopsida (order) » Loliginidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 617002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Heterololigo bleekeri (Keferstein, 1866)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 617 Loliginidae (calamaries, inshore squids) - show full list
Common Name:	spear squid
Organism Type:	a squid
Synonyms:	Loligo bleekeri Photololigo bleekeri
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 617906 Heterololigo spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	00 620004, 620004

Taxon Notes:

This species is native to Japan, Korea and eastern China, and is widely imported as seafood. Any records of this species from Australasian waters are mis-identifications of other species, and need to be re-examined to determine their true identity. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 620004 (FISHLIST 620004).

Identifiers:

ITIS	556653 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574562 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Jereb, P., Vecchione, M., Roper, C.F.E., 2010. Squids. Family Loliginidae. In: Jereb, P. Roper, C.F.E., Editors, 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 Fisheries Purposes., No. 4, Vol. 2: 38-117. FAO, Rome
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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