context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Young, R.E. & Vecchione, M. (2013). Histioteuthidae Verrill, 1881. Version 03 November 2013 (under construction). In The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/. , available online at http://tolweb.org/Histioteuthidae/19782/2013.11.03 [details]
additional source
Voss, N. A., Nesis, K. N. & Rodhouse, P. G. (1998). The cephalopod family Histioteuthidae (Oegopsida): Systematics, biology, and biogeography. In: Voss, N. A., Vecchione, M., Toll, R. B. & Sweeney, M. J. eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> Vol. 2, 586: 293-372. [details]
additional source
Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Histioteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 223-236., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [details]
additional source
Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details]
identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 312 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description This family is easily distinguished by large, anteriorly directed photophores over the surface of the mantle, head and amrs; a large head with the left eye considerably larger than the right; six or seven buccal lappets; buccal connectives that attached to the dorsal border of arms IV; a straight or slightly curved and slightly broad, simple, funnel locking-cartilage; suckers on the tentacular clubs arranged in four, or more commonly, more than four irregular rows; suckers on the arms biserial. [details]