Todarodes
Sign in to saveTodarodes is a genus of flying squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, of which it is the type genus. The genus contains five species which are partially allopatric but between them their distributions encompass most of the world's oceans and seas. These squid have a funnel groove with foveola, a hectocotylised fourth arm and tentacular stalks which lack free trabeculae.
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Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Todarodes, and connects out to Todarodes pacificus, Todarodes sagittatus and Todarodes angolensis.
It is catalogued under topics including Cephalopod genera, Todarodes and Todarodinae.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOegopsida
- FamilyOmmastrephidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Ommastrephidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, NMV, NHMUK, TMAG, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, Ghana, Australia, China, Kerguelen Islands, Indonesia, Spain
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ommastrephidae
- Image
- Todarodes pacificus ruler.jpg
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- Category:Todarodes
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Todarodes is a genus of flying squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, of which it is the type genus. The genus contains five species which are partially allopatric but between them their distributions encompass most of the world's oceans and seas. These squid have a funnel groove with foveola, a hectocotylised fourth arm and tentacular stalks which lack free trabeculae.
==Species== The following species are members of Todarodes, with their vernacular names: Todarodes angolensis Adam, 1962 Angolan flying squid Todarodes filippovae Adam, 1975 Antarctic flying squid Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup, 1880) Japanese flying squid Todarodes pusillus Dunning, 1988 little flying squid Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) European flying squid
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