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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OMMASTREPHIDAE: TODARODINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Ommastrephidae (Family)
> Todarodinae (Subfamily)
> Todarodes (Genus)
> filippovae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Sagittatus Risso, 1854
Synonymised Names:
=Todarodes angolensis Nesis not Adam
Images: Todarodes filippovae Adam, 1975
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OMMASTREPHIDAE: TODARODINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Ommastrephidae (Family)
> Todarodinae (Subfamily)
> Todarodes (Genus)
> filippovae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Sagittatus Risso, 1854
Synonymised Names:
=Todarodes angolensis Nesis not Adam
Details: Todarodes filippovae Adam, 1975
Size/Grows to:
Animal 500mm (mantle)
Distribution:
Southern North Island south, circumpolar in the Southern Ocean. About 300 to 1200 metres
Geographical Range:
CFMAn
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dunning, M., Wormuth, J.H. 1998 The ommastrephid squid genus Todarodes: A review of systematics, distribution, and biology (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea), Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (p.387)
  • Förch, E.C., Uozumi, Y. 1990 Discovery of a specimen of Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875) (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea) from New Zealand and additional notes on its morphology, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 24 (p.257)
  • Nesis, K.N. 1987 Squids, Cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies. (Translation by B.S. Levitov of original Russion version of 1982), Cephalopods of the World, T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City (p.235)
  • Dunning, M., Brandt, S.B. 1985 Distribution and life history of deep-water squid of commercial interest from Australia, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 36 (p.350)

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