Biology:Ancistroteuthis

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Short description: Genus of squids

Angel clubhook squid
Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini.jpg
Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Ancistroteuthis
Gray, 1849
Species:
A. lichtensteinii
Binomial name
Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii
(Férussac, 1835)[2]
Synonyms
  • Onychoteuthis hamatus
    Risso, 1854
  • Onychoteuthis lichtensteini
    Orbigny, 1839

Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii, also known as the angel clubhook squid or simply angel squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae and the sole member of the genus Ancistroteuthis. It grows to a mantle length of 30 cm.[3] It lives in the western Mediterranean Sea, subtropical and tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean and western north Atlantic Ocean. Its diet include mesopelagic fish and pelagic crustaceans. It is sometimes taken as bycatch by commercial fisheries, but is not a targeted species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2014: e.T163102A972797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163102A972797.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/163102/0. Retrieved 4 January 2018. 
  2. Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii (Férussac, 1835)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410647. 
  3. Roper C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). Cephalopods of the world. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.

Further reading

  • Naef, A. 1921–23. Cephalopoda. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. Monograph, no. 35. [English translation: A. Mercado 1972. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel. 863pp., IPST Cat. No. 5110/1,2.]
  • Pfeffer, G. 1912. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine Monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebniss der Plankton- Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2:1-815.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2997543 entry