Todarodes | |
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Todarodes filippovae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Ommastrephidae |
Subfamily: | Todarodinae |
Genus: |
Todarodes Steenstrup, 1880 [1] |
Type species | |
Loligo sagittata
Lamarck, 1798
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Todarodes is a genus of flying squid from the subfamily Todarodinae, of which it is the type genus. [1] The genus contains five species which are partially allopatric but between them their distributions encompass most of the world's oceans and seas. These squid have a funnel groove with foveola, a hectocotylised fourth arm and tentacular stalks which lack free trabeculae. [2]
The following species are members of Todarodes, with their vernacular names: [1] [3]