Cladus: Eukaryota Name Loligo Type species Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798, by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910). References ION Vernacular names Loligo is a genus of squids and one of the most representative and widely distributed groups of myopsid squids. The genus was first described by Jean Baptiste Lamarck in 1798. However, the name had been used earlier than Lamarck (Schneider[disambiguation needed ], 1784; Linnaeus, 1758) and might even have been used by Pliny. In the early nineteenth century, this generic name was often used as a grouping for all true squids. All three species of Loligo are extensively exploited by commercial fisheries. Loligo vulgaris and others are noted for being attracted to night light; they are therefore fished using different light attraction methods. The recent classification of Vecchione et al. (2005)[1] and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010)[2] recognises only three species within Loligo, many others having been split off in other loliginid genera. Loligo forbesii, Veined Squid ^ Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids.PDF Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66: 23–26. Source: Wikipedia, Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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