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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Cephalopoda (class)  »  Oegopsida (order)  »  Ommastrephidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 636016 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Illex argentinus   (Castellanos, 1960)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 636 Ommastrephidae (flying squids) - show full list Common Name: Argentine shortfin squid Organism Type: a flying squid Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Parent Codes: 23 636901     Illex spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is native to the southwest Atlantic, and is imported into Australia as seafood.
Identifiers:	ITIS 556070 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342064 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Roper, C.F.E., Nigmatullin, C., Jereb, P., 2010. Squids. Family Ommastrephidae. 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: 269-347. FAO, Rome
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.