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Loligo
Slender Inshore Squid (Loligo plei)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Coleoidea
Order:
Teuthida
Suborder:
Myopsina
Family:
Loliginidae
Genus:
Loligo

Lamarck, 1798
Species

See text.

Loligo is a genus of squids and one of the most representative and widely distributed group of myopsid squids.

The genus was first described by Jean Baptiste Lamarck in 1798. However, the name had been used earlier than Lamarck (Schneider, 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.

Several species are commercially exploited, such as Loligo vulgaris and Loligo plei. Several species, for example Loligo vulgaris, are noted for being attracted to night light; they are therefore fished using different light attraction methods.

Species

The genus includes of 2 subgenera, though many species have yet to be sorted into subgenera:

References


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