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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OMMASTREPHIDAE: OMMASTREPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Ommastrephidae (Family)
> Ommastrephinae (Subfamily)
> Sthenoteuthis (Genus)
> oualaniensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Symplectoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OMMASTREPHIDAE: OMMASTREPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Ommastrephidae (Family)
> Ommastrephinae (Subfamily)
> Sthenoteuthis (Genus)
> oualaniensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Symplectoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
Details: Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830)
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Sweeney, M.J., Roper, C.F.E., Mangold, K.M., Clark, M.R., Boletzy, S.V. 1992 'Larval' and juvenile cephalopods: A manual for their identification, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 513 (p.88)
  • Roper, C.F.E., Sweeney, M.J., Nauen, C.E. 1984 Food and Agriculture Organization Species Catalogue: Volume 3. Cephalopods of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries, FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, FAO, Rome, Italy, 125(3) (p.180)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil