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Illex  Steenstrup, 1880
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82520

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassCephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, náutilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula  
                   SubclassColeoidea Bather, 1888  
                      SuperorderDecabrachia Boettger, 1952  
                         OrderTeuthida Naef, 1916  
                            SuborderOegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845  
                               FamilyOmmastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857  
                                  SubfamilyIllicinae Pfeffer, 1912  
                                     GenusIllex Steenstrup, 1880  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Illex argentinus (Castellanos, 1960)  
                                        Species Illex coindetii (Verany, 1839) – southern shortfin squid 
                                        Species Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821) – northern shortfin squid 
                                        Species Illex oxygonius Roper, Lu and Mangold, 1969 – sharptail shortfin squid 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Michael J. Sweeney  
  Notes: Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Illex    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Illex   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.  
  Publication Date: 1910   
  Article/Chapter Title: A list of the generic names of Dibranchiate Cephalopoda with their type species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 32   
  Page(s): 407-413   
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  Reference for: Illex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, Clyde F. E., C. C. Lu, and Michael Vecchione / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the systematics and distribution of Illex species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 405-423   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Illex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Steenstrup, J.  
  Publication Date: 1880   
  Article/Chapter Title: De Ommatostrephagtige Blaeksprutter indbyrdes Forhold   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger, 1880   
  Page(s): 73-110   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 561-599   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Illex   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Roper et al. (1998)]. Type species: Loligo illecebrosus Lesueur, 1821 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:410)]  
 

 

    

 
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