Pterygioteuthis giardi

Pterygioteuthis giardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Order:Oegopsida
Family:Pyroteuthidae
Genus:Pterygioteuthis
Species: P. giardi
Binomial name
Pterygioteuthis giardi
Fischer, 1896[2]

Pterygioteuthis giardi is a species of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is known as the roundear enope squid. Pterygioteuthis hoylei is considered conspecific with P. giardi by some authorities. The specific name honors the French zoologist and marine biologist Alfred Mathieu Giard (1846-1908).[3]

Pterygioteuthis giardi from Carl Chun's Die Cephalopoden

References

  1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Pterygioteuthis giardi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T176088A1428801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T176088A1428801.en. Downloaded on 18 March 2018.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). 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. "Pterygioteuthis giardi Fischer, 1896". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. G". Hans G. Hansson. Retrieved 18 March 2018.


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