European flying squid

European flying squid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Ommastrephidae
Genus: Todarodes
Species:
T. sagittatus
Binomial name
Todarodes sagittatus
(Lamarck, 1798)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798
  • Loligo todarus Rafinesque, 1814
  • Loligo sagitta Blainville, 1828
  • Loligo aequipoda Vérany, 1851
  • Ommastrephes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798)
  • Ommatostrephes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798)
dorsal view

The European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus) is a species of squid from the continental slope and oceanic waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is the type species of the genus Todarodes, the type genus of the subfamily Todarodinae of the pelagic squid family Ommastrephidae. It is a species which is targeted by some fisheries, although it is more often a bycatch.

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L.; Laptikhovsky, V. (2014). "Todarodes sagittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163189A981746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163189A981746.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2018.