Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Cranchioidea > Family Cranchiidae > Subfamily Taoniinae > Genus Taonius

Taonius pavo (Lesueur, 1821)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Loligo Lamarck, 1798

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Taonius*	Steenstrup, 1861	accepted genus name
*Toxeuma*	Chun, 1906	junior homonym
*Desmoteuthis*	A. E. Verrill, 1881	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クジャクイカ

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 148-178.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Taonius pavo (Lesueur, 1821). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139428