Taonius

Taonius
Drawing of Taonius pavo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cranchiidae
Subfamily: Taoniinae
Genus: Taonius
Steenstrup, 1861
Type species
Loligo pavo
Lesueur, 1821
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Belonella Lane, 1957
  • Desmoteuthis Verrill, 1881
  • Toxeuma Chun, 1906

Taonius is a small genus of glass squid. Although it comprises only three recognised species, it has been suggested there may be as many as five species. Taonius borealis is found in the North Pacific Ocean and Taonius pavo is found in the Atlantic and possibly the south-western Indian Ocean.

Some teuthologists dispute Voss's synonymy of Belonella with Taonius.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.

Species

Three species are currently placed in Taonius:

Detail of beak and tentacles of Taonius pavo

References

  1. 1 2 Julian Finn (2016). "Taonius Steenstrup, 1861". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Voss, N.A., S.J. Stephen & Z. Dong 1992. Family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1849. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 513: 187–210.
  3. ↑ Richard E. Young (March 8, 2011). "Taonius pavo (Lesueur, 1821)". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Okutani, Takashi; Lindsay, Dhugal (2010). "Cephalopods Collected by the Submersibles and ROVs of Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology: Annotated Catalogue up to 2008" (PDF). JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development. 10: 27. doi:10.5918/jamstecr.10.23.
  5. ↑ Roper, Clyde F. E.; Jereb, Patrizia (2010). "Family Cranchiidae Prosche, 1847". In Jereb, P.; Roper, C. F. E. (eds.). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date. Volume 2: Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. Vol. 4. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 158.
  6. ↑ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.