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(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

{{See “Unresolved” for taxa that require update}}

Abralia Gray, 1849:50.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Young et al. (1998:244)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onychoteuthis armata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:407)

Abraliopsis Joubin, 1896:20.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Young et al. (1998:247)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Enoploteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1884 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:407)

(Arabralia) Nesis, 1987b:1701.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abralia (Enigmoteuthis) Adam, 1973 [fide Tsuchiya (1991:78)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia marisarabica Okutani, 1983 by original designation

Asteroteuthis Pfeffer, 1908:292.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abralia [fide Nesis (1987a:170)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Enoploteuthis veranyi Ruppell, 1844 by original designation

(Astrabralia) Nesis, 1987b:1701.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abralia [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia astrolineata Berry, 1914 by original designation

(Boreabraliopsis) Tsuchiya and Okutani, 1988:130.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abraliopsis [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abraliopsis felis McGowan and Okutani, 1968 by original designation

Compsoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900:167.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Astrabralia Nesis, 1987 (pars.) [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1988:126)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Compsoteuthis lonnbergi Pfeffer, 1900 by monotypy

Enigmoteuthis Adam, 1973:33.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abralia [fide Tsuchiya (1991:78)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Enoploteuthis dubia Adam, 1960 by original designation

Enoploion Pfeffer, 1912:169.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abralia Gray, 1849 [fide Nesis (1987a:170)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Enoploion eustictum Pfeffer, 1912 by monotypy

Enoploteuthis D'Orbigny, In Ruppell, 1844:129.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Roper (1966:1)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligo leptura Leach, 1817 by elimination [fide Hoyle (1910:409)]

(Heterabralia) Tsuchiya and Okutani, 1988:128.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abralia [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia adamanica Goodrich, 1896 by original designation

(Micrabralia) Pfeffer, 1900:167.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abraliopsis Joubin, 1896 [fide Nesis (1987a:179)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia lineata Goodrich, 1896 by monotypy

(Nepioteuthion) Pfeffer, 1912:149.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Developmental stage; not a systematic taxon [fide Pfeffer (1912:149)]

(Paraenoploteuthis) Tsuchiya and Okutani, 1988:120.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Enoploteuthis [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Enoploteuthis chunii Ishikawa, 1914 by original designation

(Pfefferiteuthis) Tsuchiya and Okutani, 1988:132.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abraliopsis [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia (Micrabralia) affinis Pfeffer, 1912 by original designation

(Prodromoteuthis) Pfeffer, 1912:151.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia (Prodromoteuthis) isseli Pfeffer, 1912 by monotypy

(Pygmabralia) Nesis, 1987b:1701.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Abralia [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia redfieldi Voss, 1955 by original designation

(Stenabralia) Grimpe, 1931:164.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abralia (Abralia) [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1988:122)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abralia steindachneri Weindl, 1912; species first mentioned

Watasea Ishikawa, 1913:166.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Preoccupied as fish; see Watasenia Ishikawa, 1914a
TYPE SPECIES. -- Abraliopsis scintillans Berry, 1911 by monotypy

Watasenia Ishikawa, 1914a:336.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- New name for Watasea; Valid genus [fide Young et al. (1998:249)]

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Abralia (Micrabralia) affinis Pfeffer, 1912:160.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abraliopsis (Pfefferiteuthis) affinis (Pfeffer, 1912) [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1988:132)
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved, Syntypes; [Hoyle (1904:36) catalog numbers H.65 - H.68]; no longer extant [fide Guerrero-Kommritz (2001:174)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Cape San Francisco, 2°34'N, 82°29'W; Off Mariato Point, 6°21'N, 80°41'W; Off Tehuantepec, 10°14'N, 96°28'W; SE of Acapulco, 14°46'N, 98°40'W

Enoploteuthis anapsis Roper, 1964:140, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:243)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 575605 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:4)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 16°55'N, 81°10'W (Caribbean Sea)

Abralia andamanica Goodrich, 1896:9, pl 2 figs 38-45.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:244)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZSI Syntypes (3) [fide Massy (1916:241)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Andaman Sea

Onychoteuthis armatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832:84 pl 5 figs 14-22.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abralia armata [fide Voss (1963:92)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype 2-14-1943 (2-14-607 gladius) [fide Lu et al. (1995:311)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Celebes Island

Abralia astrolineata Berry, 1914:145, pl 10 figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:244)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 816428 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:12)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Kermadec Islands

Abralia astrosticta Berry, 1909:412, figs 4-7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:245)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214313 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:12)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands

Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) atlantica Nesis, 1982:172.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abraliopsis atlantica [fide Young et al. (1998:247)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype Moll.-110004 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:272); listed incorrectly as Abraliopsis (Pfefferiteuthis) atlantica]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 01°51'N, 00°31'E (Gulf of Guinea)

Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) chuni Nesis, 1982:172.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abraliopsis chuni [fide Young et al. (1998:248)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype Moll.-110034a [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:272); listed incorrectly as Abraliopsis (Pfefferiteuthis) chuni]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 01°49'N, 45°29'E (Western Indian Ocean)

Enoploteuthis chunii Ishikawa, 1914b:401, pls 38-39.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:243)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MSUT? Syntypes
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Toyama Bay, Etchu Province, Japan

Enoploteuthis cookii Owen, 1881:150, pls 30-33.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeon, London [fide Owen (1881:147)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape Horn at 38°44'S, 110°33'W [fide Owen (1881:146)]

Enoploteuthis dubia Adam, 1960:12, fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abralia dubia [fide Young et al. (1998:245)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- IRSNB Holotype [fide F.G. Hochberg (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Eylath, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Enoploion eustictum Pfeffer, 1912:170, pl 15 figs 15-16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abralia veranyi (Ruppell, 1844) [fide Nesis (1987a:178)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUU Holotype [fide Pfeffer (1912:172)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°N, 77°45'W (Northwest Atlantic Ocean)

Abraliopsis falco Young, 1972:13, pls 1a-b, 2a-g.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:248)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SBMNH Holotye 34947 [fide Scott et al. (1990:18)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 28°54'N, 118°08'W, eastern North Pacific Ocean

Abralia (Enigmoteuthis) fasciolata Tsuchiya, 1991:70, figs 1-16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abralia fasciolata [fide Young et al. (1998:245)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 817760
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 11°14'06"N, 47°38'12"E (Indian Ocean)

Abraliopsis felis McGowan and Okutani, 1968:72, pls 9-10.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:248)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 678792 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:7)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 31°59'N, 122°24'W (Pacific Ocean)

Enoploteuthis galaxias Berry, 1918:211, text-figs 1-4, pls 59-60.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:243)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- AMS Holotype C148251 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:13)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Victoria, Australia

Abralia gilchristi Robson, 1924:3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abraliopsis gilchristi [fide Clarke (1966:174)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntypes (2) 1924.9.9.41-2 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:106)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Cape Town, South Africa

Abralia grimpei Voss, 1959:375, text-figs 2-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:245)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MCZ Holotype [fide Voss (1959:375)]; [still at RSMAS]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 26°25'N, 79°45'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Abralia (Heterabralia) heminuchalis Burgess, 1992:120, fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abralia heminuchalis [fide Young et al. (1998:245)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 729683
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 0°44'S, 149°46'W (Pacific Ocean)

Enoploteuthis higginsi Burgess, 1982:718, figs 2, 5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:243)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 729710
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Waianae, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands

Enoploteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1884:17, figs 22-22b.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abraliopsis hoylei [fide Clarke (1966:176)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype, no longer extant [fide Guerrero-Kommritz (2001:174)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mascarene Islands (Indian Ocean)

Abralia (Prodromoteuthis) isseli Pfeffer, 1912:165.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined [fide Young et al. (1998:240)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved, Holotype [holotype illustration = Issel (1908:210, pl 9 figs 15-21)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Moluccas

Abralia japonica Ishikawa, 1929:51, fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Watasenia scintillans (Berry, 1911) [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1988:125)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MSUT[TIU] [fide Unresolved]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Bay of Toyama, Japan Sea

Abralia (Compsoteuthis) jattai Pfeffer, 1912:150.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abraliopsis morisi (Verany, 1839) [fide Naef (1916:18)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Holotype [holotype illustration = Jatta (1896:100, pl 13 figs 35-41)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Naples

Enoploteuthis jonesi Burgess, 1982:713, figs 2, 4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:243)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 729717
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Milolii, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands

Abraliopsis joubini Watase, 1906:196.

Nomen nudum [as Abraliopsis jubini] [fide Sasaki (1929:249)]

Loligo lepturo Leach, 1817:141.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Enoploteuthis leptura [fide Ruppell (1844)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1993017 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated; 01°08'N, 07°26'E (Gulf of Guinea) [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]

Abralia† lineata Goodrich, 1896:10, pl 3 figs 46-50.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) lineata [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1988:130)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZSI Syntypes (2); M389/1 [remaining syntype not located at ZSI]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Andaman Sea and off Ganjam coast

Abralia (Nepioteuthion) lonnbergi Pfeffer, 1912:150, pl 15 figs 1-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Developmental stage; not a systematic taxon [fide Pfeffer (1912:149)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMH? Syntypes [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 16.1°N, 23.1°W; 2.8°S, 35.2°W; 12°N, 40.3°W; 20.4°N, 37.8°W

Compsoteuthis lonnbergi Pfeffer, 1900:167.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abraliopsis morisi (Verany, 1839) [fide Naef (1923:285)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMH? Syntype (1) [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]; Syntype (1) Breslau Museum, Orotava specimen [Pfeffer (1912:pl 17 figs 10-13) fide Peffer (1912:151)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mittelmeer [Mediterranean Sea]; Orotava [Canary Island]; Atl Ozean [Atlantic Ocean]

Abralia (Stenabralia) lucens Voss, 1963:105, figs 22-23.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abralia multihamata Sasaki, 1929 [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1988:122)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 575449; specimen not extant [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:8)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Port Dupan, Leyte, Philippine Islands

Enoploteuthis leptura magnoceani Nesis, 1982:162.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subspecies [fide Tsuchiya (1993:572)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype (female 73 mm mantle length) (holotype illustrations = Enoploteuthis leptura (D’Orbigny, 1839:pl 6, pl 11 figs 6-14, pl 12 figs 10-24) [not traced by Lu et al. (1995)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Pacific Ocean, exact locality unknown

Abralia marisarabica Okutani, 1983:162, figs 1-14.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:245)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-61359 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 24°48'N, 63°20'E (Indian Ocean)

Abralia (Nepioteuthion) mediterranea Pfeffer, 1912:149, pl 15 figs 5-7
[figs labeled as Abraliopsis (Nepioteuthion) jattai Pfeffer.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Developmental stage; not a systematic taxon [fide Pfeffer (1912:149)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Syntypes (2) [fide Pfeffer (1912:157-158, pl 15)] [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Messina

Onychoteuthis morisii Verany, 1839:100, pl 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species?; Abraliopsis morisi [Young et al. (1998:249)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MHNN? [other Verany taxa there fide G.L. Voss (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39°N, 20°W (Atlantic Ocean)

Abralia multihamata Sasaki, 1929:245, text-figs 173-175, pl 29 figs 6-7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:245)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- FMT Syntypes (12)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Akocho, Formosa [Taiwan]

Enoploteuthis neozelanica Dell, 1959:6, figs 11-13.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Abraliopsis gilchristi (Robson, 1924) [fide Riddell (1985:42)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M.10378 [fide Marshall (1996:43)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- East coast of Wellington, N.Z.

Abralia (Compsoteuthis) nishikawae Pfeffer, 1912:162.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Watasenia scintillans (Berry, 1911) [fide Sasaki (1929:249)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Holotype [holotype illustration = Nishikawa (1906:pl figs 13-15)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Yenoura Bay, Suruga Province, Japan [fide Pfeffer (1912:150)]

Abralia (Nepioteuthion) nishikawae Pfeffer, 1912:149.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Developmental stage; not a systematic taxon [fide Pfeffer (1912:149)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Holotype [holotype illustration = Nishikawa (1906:figs 8-11)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Yenoura Bay, Suruga Province, Japan [fide Pfeffer (1912:149)]

Enoploteuthis obliqua Burgess, 1982:704, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:243)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 729722
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 11°47'N, 144°47'W (Pacific Ocean)

Enoploteuthis octolineata Burgess, 1982:708, figs 2-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:244)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 577607
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 02°56'N, 150°03'W (Pacific Ocean)

Abralia (Pygmabralia) omiae Hidaka and Kubodera, 2000:419, figs 2-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide; taxon not yet reviewed]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-68678
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 5°00'N, 155°00'E, western tropical Pacific Ocean

Enoploteuthis owenii Verany, 1846:17, 29, pl 4 figs 2-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MHNN Holotype [fide G.L. Voss (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Riveria di Ponente, Italy

Abraliopsis pacificus Tsuchiya and Okutani, 1990:48, figs 1-21.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:249)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-66998 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°47'18"N, 147°58'42"E (Pacific Ocean)

Abralia (Nepioteuthion) panamensis Pfeffer, 1912:150.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Developmental stage; not a systematic taxon [fide Pfeffer (1912:149)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; NMNH? [holotype illustration = Hoyle (1904:38, pl 2 fig 3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Panama, 7°30'N, 78°43'W [fide Pfeffer (1912:150)]

Abraliopsis pfefferi Joubin, 1896:20, figs 1-10.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:247)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MOM? Holotype [holotype not listed by Belloc (1950:5)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Villefranche-sur-Mer [Mediterranean Sea]

Abralia redfieldi Voss, 1955:99, fig 4a-h.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:246)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MCZ Holotype 203979 [fide Voss (1955:99)]; [specimen still at RSMAS]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Gun Cay, Bahamas Islands

Abralia (Stenabralia) renschi Grimpe, 1931:149, figs 1-9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abralia renschi [fide Young et al. (1998:246)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-86117a [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:278)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sabang Harbor, Sumatra, Indonesia

Enoploteuthis reticulata Rancurel, 1970:45, figs 31-37.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:244)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MNHN? Syntypes [fide Lu (pers. comm., Jan. 2000)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 0°02'S, 135°48'W; etc. (Pacific Ocean)

Abralia robsoni Grimpe, 1931:156.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:246)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:224)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South of Bonomisaki, Japan

Abraliopsis scintillans Berry, 1911:93.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Watasenia scintillans [fide Ishikawa (1914a)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- CASIZ Holotype 021667 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:17)]
TYPE LOCALITY. – Japan, exact locality unknown

Enoploteuthis (Paraenoploteuthis) semilineata Alexeyev, 1994:167, fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMMGU Holotype Y-368 [fide Ivanov and Sysoev (2000:110)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 40°10.7'S, 127°48.4'W - 40°03.5'S, 127°36.7'W (Pacific Ocean)

Abralia siedleckyi Lipinski, 1983:255, figs 1-8.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:246)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SFI Holotype IXEN-213
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39°05'08"S, 13°43'E (Atlantic Ocean)

Abralia similis Okutani and Tsuchiya, 1987:141, figs 1-14.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:246)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-66642 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 30°03.2'N, 134°03.5'E (Pacific Ocean)

Loligo smythii Leach, 1817:141.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Enoploteuthis leptura (Leach, 1817) [fide Roper (1966:5)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntype 1993016 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:109)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated; West Africa, 01°08N, 07°26'30"E [sic] [fide Roper (1966:17)]

Abralia spaercki Grimpe, 1931:150.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:246)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:224)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Amboina, Banda Sea

Abralia steindachneri Weindl, 1912:271.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:246)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMW Holotype 55.887
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Shadwan, Red Sea

Enoploteuthis theragrae Taki, 1964:282, text-figs 11-20, pl 1 fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Enoploteuthis chuni Ishikawa, 1914 [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1988:120)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; YTKC? Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Fukui Prefecture, Japan Sea (from cod stomach)

Abralia trigonura Berry, 1913:565.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:247)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214387; specimen not extant [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:17)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Pailolo Channel, Hawaiian Islands

Abraliopsis tui Riddell, 1985:37, figs 28-29.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young et al. (1998:249)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M.89787 [fide Marshall (1996:43)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Kermadec Islands

Enoploteuthis verany Ruppell, 1844:131 [3], fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Abralia veranyi [fide Young et al. (1998:247)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype [fide Young et al. (1998); not extant fide Lipinski et al. (2000:114)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Messina, Sicily

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Type Repositories

AMS- Australian Museum, P.O. Box A285,† 6-8 College Street, Sydney South, New South Wales 2000, Australia. [For type catalogs see Rudman (1983); Sweeney, Roper and Hochberg (1988) for S.S. Berry taxa]

BMNH-The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History)). [For type catalog see Lipinski et al. (2000)]

CASIZ-California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A. [Smith (1974); Sweeney et al. (1988) for S.S. Berry taxa]

FUMT- University of Tokyo, Department of Fisheries, University Museum-- see MSUT.

IRSNB-Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium (formerly Mus»e royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique).

MCZ- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

MHNN-Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.

MNHN-Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France. [For type catalog see Lu et al. (1995)]

MOM- Mus»e Oc»anographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, Monaco.† [For type catalog see Belloc (1950)]

MSUT-University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan (includes former Tokyo Imperial University (TIU) collection and University of Tokyo Department of Fisheries (FUMT) collection).

NMNH-National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM) [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988)]

NMNZ-National Museum of New Zealand, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum). [For type catalog see Marshall (1996)]

NMW- Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, Postfach 417, A1014 Vienna, Austria.

NSMT- National Science Museum, 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan. [For type catalog see Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993)]

SBMNH-Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, U.S.A. [For type catalogs see Hertz (1984); Scott et al. (1990)]

SFI- Morski Instytut Rybacki (Sea Fisheries Institute), Aleja Zjednoczenia 1, 81-345 Gdynia, Poland.

YTKC-Private collection of the late Dr. Iwao Taki stored at the home of Dr. Yoshio Taki, Kyoto City, Japan. [fide T. Okutani, pers. comm.].

ZMB- Zoologisches Museum, Museum f?r Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-1040 Berlin, Germany. [For type catalog see Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]

ZMH- Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Martin Luther King Platz 3, 2000 Hamburg 13, Germany. [For type catalog see Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]

ZMMGU-Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, u1. Gensena 6, Moscow, Russia. [For type catalog Ivanov and Sysoev (2000)]

ZMUC-Kobenhavns Universitet, Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. [For type catalog see Kristensen and Knudsen (1983); See also Volsoe et al. (1962) for Steenstrup papers]

ZMUU-Zoologiska Museet, Uppsala Universitets, Villavagen 9, S-751, 22 Uppsala, Swedeb. [For type catalog see Wallin (1991)]

ZSI- Zoological Survey of India, "M" Block, New Alipore, Calcutta 700053, India. [For type catalog see Thomson (In prep.)]

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