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Todarodes Steenstrup 1880

Michael Vecchione and Richard E. Young
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taxon links [up-->]Todarodes pacificus [up-->]Todarodes angolensis [up-->]Todarodes sagittatus [up-->]Todarodes filippovae [up-->]Todarodes pusillus [down<--]Todarodinae Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Todarodinae

Introduction

The five species of Todarodes are partially separated by distribution: T. pacificus, a moderate-sized species (ca. 350 mm ML) and one of the world's most abundant commercial squids, occurs over the shelf and oceanic waters around Japan in the northwest Pacific; the closely related dwarf species (<80 mm ML), T. pusillus occurs in the tropical-subtropical waters of the shelf and upper slope of northern Australia. T. sagittatus, a large species (>500 mm ML) occurs primarily in the northeast Atlantic over the continental slope and into oceanic waters. T. angolensis (>500 mm ML) seems to be the south Atlantic counterpart of T. sagittatus but many details of its distribution are uncertain. T. filippovae (>500 mm ML) has an oceanic circumpolar distribution within the sub-Antarctic and subtropical waters of the Southern Ocean and overlaps the distribution of T. angolensis. (Dunning and Wormuth, 1998; Rodhouse, 1998)

Brief diagnosis:

 A Todarodinae with ...

Characteristics

  1. Arms
    1. Arm protective membranes and trabeculae normal. 
    2. Right arm IV hectocotylized.

  2. Tentacles
    1. Tentacular stalks without free trabeculae.
    2. Large, medial club suckers with 20 or fewer long, pointed teeth, with single larger tooth distally in some species.
    3. Largest manus sucker with teeth linked by intermediate ridges or plates.

  3. Comparison of species (modified from Dunning and Wormuth, 1998):
      T. sagittatus
    		T. angolensis
    		T. filippovae
    		T. pacificus
    		T. pusillus
    No. manus sucker rows
    		14-18 14-18
    		12-14
    		11-12
    		6-8
    No. teeth in largest club sucker
    		 17-20
    		13-16
    		7-13
    		15-20
    		16-18
    Diameter of largest club sucker (% of ML)
    		2.7-4.0
    		2.0-2.6
    		2.7-4.5
    		---
    		 ---

Comments

Characters from Dunning and Wormuth (1998)

Distribution

North and South Atlantic, northeastern Indian, western and southeastern Pacific, and Southern oceans.

References

Dunning, M. C. and J. H. Wormuth. 1998. The ommastrephid squid genus Todarodes: A review of systematics, distribution, and biology (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea). . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 586: 385-391.

Rodhouse, P. D. 1998. Todarodes filippovae in the Southern Ocean: an appraisal for exploitation and management. p. 207-215, In: Large Pelagic Squids, T. Okutani (Ed.) Japan Marine Fishery Resources Research Center, Tokyo, 269 pp.

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Scientific Name Todarodes filippovae
Location NW Chatham Rise (near New Zealand) at 43°11'S, 174°21'E
Comments Bottom trawl at at 590 m depth
Acknowledgements National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Identified By Darren Stevens
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Mature
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Size 491 mm ML
Collection NIWA
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National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. , USA


University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

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