FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Volume 3 FAO Species Catalogue Vol. 3.Cephalopods of The WorldAn Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Species of Interest to FisheriesPrepared by |
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 1984 |
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ABSTRACT This is the third in the FAO series of worldwide annotated and illustrated catalogues of major groups of organisms that enter marine fisheries. The present volume includes 173 cephalopod species of actual or potential fishery interest, belonging to the Nautiloidea (nautiluses), Sepioidea (cuttlefishes), Teuthoidea (squids) and Octopoda (octopuses). It provides a comprehensive and illustrated key to al1 the 43 cephalopod families, with a glossary of technical terms and measurements. Within each family are given individual accounts of species, which include drawings, scientific and vernacular names, information on habitat, biology and fisheries, and a distribution map; for most families there is also a key to genera. The work is fully indexed and there is ample referente to pertinent literature. |
PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
ABSTRACT
FOREWORDCONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Plan of the Catalogue
General Remarks on Cephalopods
Illustrated Glossary of Technical Terms and Measurements
Key to Orders and FamiliesCHAMBERED NAUTILUSES (Order Nautiloidea)
CUTTLEFISHES (Order Sepioidea)
SEPIIDAESepiaSEPIADARIIDAE SEPIOLIDAESepia aculeata
Sepia andreana
Sepia apama
Sepia arabica
Sepia australis
Sepia bertheloti
Sepia braggi
Sepia brevimana
Sepia elegans
Sepia elobyana
Sepia esculenta
Sepia kobiensis
Sepia murrayi
Sepia officinalis
Sepia omani
Sepia orbignyana
Sepia madokai
Sepia mestus
Sepia savignyi
Sepia trygonina
Sepia (Metasepia) tullbergi
Sepiella inermis
Sepiella japonica
Sepiella ornata
Sepia pharaonis
Sepia prashadi
Sepia recurvirostra
Sepia latimanus
Sepia longipes
Sepia lorigera
Sepia lycidasSQUIDS (Order Teuthoidea)
LOLIGINIDAELoligoENOPLOTEUTHIDAE OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE GONATIDAE PSYCHROTEUTHIDAE LEPIDOTEUTHIDAE ARCHITEUTHIDAE HISTIOTEUTHIDAE NEOTEUTHIDAE BATHYTEUTHIDAE BRACHIOTEUTHIDAE OMMASTREPHIDAE THYSANOTEUTHIDAE CRANCHIIDAELoligo beka
Loligo (Doryteuthis) bleekeri
Loligo chinensis
Loligo duvauceli
Loligo edulis
Loligo edulis budo
Loligo forbesi
Loligo gahi
Loligo japonica
Loligo kobiensis
Loligo ocula
Loligo opalescens
Loligo pealei
Loligo (Doryteuthis) plei
Loligo reynaudi
Loligo roperi
Loligo sanpaulensis
Loligo (Doryteuthis) sibogae
Loligo (Doryteuthis) singhalensis
Loligo surinamensis
Loligo uyii
Loligo vulgarisOCTOPUSES (Order Octopoda)
OCTOPODIDAEOctopusARGONAUTIDAEOctopus aeginaDanoctopus Euaxoctopus Scaeurgus Cistopus Pteroctopus Eledone Bathypolypus Tetracheledone
Octopus briareus
Octopus burryi
Octopus conispadiceus
Octopus cyaneus
Octopus defilippi
Octopus dofleini
Octopus dollfusi
Octopus globosus
Octopus hummelincki
Octopus joubini
Octopus lobensis
Octopus macropus
Octopus maya
Octopus membranaceus
Octopus selene
Octopus tehuelchus
Octopus tetricus
Octopus variabilis
Octopus vulgaris
Octopus zonatusTetracheledone spinicirrhusCLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERA OF RECENT CEPHALOPODS
LIST OF SPECIES BY MAJOR FISHING AREAS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC AND INTERNATIONAL FAO NAMES
INDEX OF LOCAL NAMES