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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Cephalopoda (class) » Myopsida (order) » Loliginidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 617903 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Uroteuthis edulis complex |
CAAB category: | 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. | |
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Family: | Loliginidae (calamaries, inshore squids) - show full list | |
Common Name: | north-west pink squid | |
Common Names List: | north-west pink squid | |
Recent Synonyms: | Loligo edulis Photololigo edulis Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
23 617910
Uroteuthis spp. | |
Organism Type: | squids |
Taxon Notes: | This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 620002 (FISHLIST 620002). | ||
Scientific Name Notes: | This taxon represents two closely related, presently un-named species (Wadley & Dunning, 1998, Cephalopod Guide, CSIRO) | ||
Identifiers: |
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Record source: | Wadley, V. Dunning, M., 1998, Cephalopods of commercial importance in Australian fisheries. AFMA, Canberra |
Scientific Name verified against: | Reid, A.L., 2016, Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South 446pp. |