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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYCOTEUTHIDAE: LYCOTEUTHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Lycoteuthidae (Family)
> Lycoteuthinae (Subfamily)
> Lycoteuthis (Genus)
> lorigera (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Asthenoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912
=Leptodontoteuthis Robson, 1926
=Oregoniateuthis Voss, 1956
=Thaumatolampas Chun, 1903
Synonymised Names:
=Asthenoteuthion planctonicum Pfeffer, 1912
=Enoploteuthis diadema Chun, 1900
=Leptodontoteuthis inermis Robson, 1926
=Lycoteuthis diadema Chun, 1900
=Lycoteuthis jattai Pfeffer, 1900
=Onychoteuthis longimanus Steenstrup, 1857
=Onychoteuthis lorigera Steenstrup, 1875
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYCOTEUTHIDAE: LYCOTEUTHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Lycoteuthidae (Family)
> Lycoteuthinae (Subfamily)
> Lycoteuthis (Genus)
> lorigera (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Asthenoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912
=Leptodontoteuthis Robson, 1926
=Oregoniateuthis Voss, 1956
=Thaumatolampas Chun, 1903
Synonymised Names:
=Asthenoteuthion planctonicum Pfeffer, 1912
=Enoploteuthis diadema Chun, 1900
=Leptodontoteuthis inermis Robson, 1926
=Lycoteuthis diadema Chun, 1900
=Lycoteuthis jattai Pfeffer, 1900
=Onychoteuthis longimanus Steenstrup, 1857
=Onychoteuthis lorigera Steenstrup, 1875
Details: Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 190mm (mantle)
Distribution:
Recorded southward from southern North Island, widespread throughout the Southern Ocean. Near surface at night to 600 metres during daylight
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Toll, R.B. 1983 The Lycoteuthid genus Oregoniateuthis Voss, 1956, a synonym of Lycoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900 (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea), Proceedings of the Biological Scoiety of Washington, 96(3) (p.368)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil