RAS taxon details
Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
138747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138747)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1826-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Onychoteuthis pl. 4 figs 1-7; pl. 11 figs 1-5 [1835]; pl. 14 figs 4-10 [1842] [details]
page(s): Onychoteuthis pl. 4 figs 1-7; pl. 11 figs 1-5 [1835]; pl. 14 figs 4-10 [1842] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138747 on 2026-08-09
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138747 on 2026-08-09
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(of ) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1826-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Onychoteuthis pl. 4 figs 1-7; pl. 11 figs 1-5 [1835]; pl. 14 figs 4-10 [1842] [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Diekmann, R.; Piatkowski, U. (2002). Early life stages of cephalopods in the Sargasso Sea: distribution and diversity relative to hydrographic conditions. Marine Biology, 141: 123-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0817-6 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Okutani, T., Tagawa, M. & Horikawa, H. eds. (1987). <em>Cephalopods from continental shelf and slope around Japan</em>. Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 194 pages.
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ancistrocheiridae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 118-120., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 119 [details]
additional source Bello, G. (1992). On the validity, authorship, and publication date of the specific name <i>Ancistrocheirus lesueurii</i> (Cephalopoda: Ancistrocheiridae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 35(2): 141-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42467207 [details]
additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 355 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 49 [details]
status source Arnold, S.; Nos, D.; Sáez-Liante, R.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á. (2025). Diversity in the squid family Ancistrocheiridae and description of a new family of the order Oegopsida (Cephalopoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(3): zlaf074., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf074
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
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): 298 [details]
page(s): Onychoteuthis pl. 4 figs 1-7; pl. 11 figs 1-5 [1835]; pl. 14 figs 4-10 [1842] [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Diekmann, R.; Piatkowski, U. (2002). Early life stages of cephalopods in the Sargasso Sea: distribution and diversity relative to hydrographic conditions. Marine Biology, 141: 123-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0817-6 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Okutani, T., Tagawa, M. & Horikawa, H. eds. (1987). <em>Cephalopods from continental shelf and slope around Japan</em>. Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 194 pages.
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ancistrocheiridae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 118-120., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 119 [details]
additional source Bello, G. (1992). On the validity, authorship, and publication date of the specific name <i>Ancistrocheirus lesueurii</i> (Cephalopoda: Ancistrocheiridae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 35(2): 141-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42467207 [details]
additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 355 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 49 [details]
status source Arnold, S.; Nos, D.; Sáez-Liante, R.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á. (2025). Diversity in the squid family Ancistrocheiridae and description of a new family of the order Oegopsida (Cephalopoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(3): zlaf074., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf074
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
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): 298 [details]
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