Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Cranchioidea > Family Ommastrephidae > Subfamily Illicinae

Illex Steenstrup, 1880

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)
Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821)

Literature

original description

Steenstrup, J. (1880). Orientering i de Ommatostrephagtige Blæksprutters indbyrdes Forhold. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1880: 73–110, 12 figures, 1 plate.

basis of record

Roper C.F.E., Lu C.C. & Vecchione M. (1998) A revision of the systematics and distribution of Illex species (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 405-423, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Illex Steenstrup, 1880. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138278

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2016-06-12 by Julian Finn

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