Loliginidae

Loliginidae; Temporal range: Eocene - recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	European squid (Loligo vulgaris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Myopsida
Family:	Loliginidae; Lesueur, 1821
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Loligoidea Lesueur, 1821 (in part); Loligidae d'Orbigny, 1845; Loliginei Steenstrup, 1861; Pickfordiateuthidae Voss, 1953;

Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida.

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The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida.

Taxonomic list

The classification below (including 47 species) follows Vecchione et al. (2005)^[3] and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010).^[4]

Several doubtfully distinct species have also been described; see the genus articles for these.

Genus Afrololigo
- Afrololigo mercatoris, Guinean thumbstall squid
Genus Alloteuthis
- Alloteuthis africana, African squid
- Alloteuthis media, midsize squid
- Alloteuthis subulata, European common squid
Genus Doryteuthis
- Subgenus Amerigo
  - Doryteuthis gahi, Patagonian squid
  - Doryteuthis ocula, bigeye inshore squid
  - Doryteuthis opalescens, opalescent inshore squid
  - Doryteuthis pealeii, longfin inshore squid
  - Doryteuthis surinamensis, Surinam squid
- Subgenus Doryteuthis
  - Doryteuthis plei, slender inshore squid
  - Doryteuthis roperi, Roper inshore squid
- Subgenus unnamed
  - Doryteuthis sanpaulensis, São Paulo squid
Genus Heterololigo
- Heterololigo bleekeri, spear squid
Genus Loligo
- Loligo forbesii, veined squid
- Loligo reynaudii, Cape Hope squid or chokka
- Loligo vulgaris, European squid
Genus Loliolus
- Subgenus Loliolus
  - Loliolus affinis
  - Loliolus hardwickei
- Subgenus Nipponololigo
  - Loliolus beka, Beka squid
  - Loliolus japonica, Japanese squid
  - Loliolus sumatrensis, Kobi squid
  - Loliolus uyii, little squid
Genus Lolliguncula
- Subgenus Loliolopsis
  - Lolliguncula diomedeae, dart squid or shortarm gonate squid
- Subgenus Lolliguncula
  - Lolliguncula argus Argus brief squid
  - Lolliguncula brevis, Atlantic brief squid
  - Lolliguncula panamensis, Panama brief squid
Genus Pickfordiateuthis
- Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Bayer's grass squid
- Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, grass squid
- Pickfordiateuthis vossi Voss' grass squid
- Pickfordiateuthis sp. A
Genus Sepioteuthis
- Sepioteuthis australis, southern reef squid or southern calamary
- Sepioteuthis lessoniana, bigfin reef squid or northern calamary
- Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Caribbean reef squid
Genus Uroteuthis
- Subgenus Aestuariolus
  - Uroteuthis noctiluca, luminous bay squid
- Subgenus Photololigo
  - Uroteuthis abulati
  - Uroteuthis arabica
  - Uroteuthis bengalensis
  - Uroteuthis chinensis, mitre squid
  - Uroteuthis duvaucelii, Indian squid
  - Uroteuthis edulis, swordtip squid
  - Uroteuthis robsoni
  - Uroteuthis sibogae, Siboga squid
  - Uroteuthis singhalensis, long barrel squid
  - Uroteuthis vossi
- Subgenus Uroteuthis
  - Uroteuthis bartschi, Bartsch's squid
- Subgenus incertae sedis
  - Uroteuthis pickfordae, Siboga squid
  - Uroteuthis reesi

[1]
Mironenko, Aleksandr A.; Boiko, Maxim S.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Arkhipkin, Alexander I.; Bizikov, Viacheslav A.; Košťák, Martin (December 2021). "First discovery of the soft‐body imprint of an Oligocene fossil squid indicates its piscivorous diet". Lethaia. 54 (5): 793–805. doi:10.1111/let.12440. ISSN 0024-1164.
[2]
Brakoniecki, T.F. (1996). A revision of the genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953 (Cephalopoda; Myopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 58(1): 9–28.
[3]
Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). "Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids" (PDF). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66: 23–26.
[4]
Vecchione, M. & R.E. Young. (2010). Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821. The Tree of Life Web Project.

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[1] [1]
Mironenko, Aleksandr A.; Boiko, Maxim S.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Arkhipkin, Alexander I.; Bizikov, Viacheslav A.; Košťák, Martin (December 2021). "First discovery of the soft‐body imprint of an Oligocene fossil squid indicates its piscivorous diet". Lethaia. 54 (5): 793–805. doi:10.1111/let.12440. ISSN 0024-1164.

[Brakoniecki1996-2] [2]
Brakoniecki, T.F. (1996). A revision of the genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953 (Cephalopoda; Myopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 58(1): 9–28.

[3] [3]
Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). "Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids" (PDF). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66: 23–26.

[4] [4]
Vecchione, M. & R.E. Young. (2010). Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821. The Tree of Life Web Project.

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Loliginidae Temporal range: Eocene - recent^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

European squid (Loligo vulgaris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Myopsida
Family:	Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821
Genera
See text
Synonyms^[2]
Loligoidea Lesueur, 1821 (in part) Loligidae d'Orbigny, 1845 Loliginei Steenstrup, 1861 Pickfordiateuthidae Voss, 1953