Loliginidae

Loliginidae, usally known as pencil squids, is a family of squid in the order Myopsida.

Loliginidae
Loligo vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Myopsida
Family: Loliginidae
Lesueur, 1821
Genera

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Loligoidea Lesueur, 1821
  • Loligidae d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Loliginei Steenstrup, 1861
  • Pickfordiateuthidae Voss, 1953

References
  1. Brakoniecki, T.F. (1996). A revision of the genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953 (Cephalopoda; Myopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 58(1): 9–28.
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