Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Enoploteuthoidea > Family Pyroteuthidae > Genus Pyroteuthis

Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Enoploteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyroteuthis*	Hoyle, 1904	accepted genus name
*Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion)*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym

Species group names

*Pyroteuthis margaritifer*	(Rüppell, 1844)	orthographic variant
*Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) mediterranea*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym
*Pyroteuthis mediterranea*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Hŭo-Yóu sources: Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

English: Jewel enope squid sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Greek: Μαργαριτοφόρο καλαμάρι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Пиротеутис жемчужный

Literature

basis of record	Vecchione, M.; Roper, C. F. E.; Sweeney, M. J.; Lu, C. C. (2001). Distribution, relative abundance, and developmental morphology of paralarval cephalopods in the western North Atlantic Ocean. NOAA Tech Rep. NMFS 152.
additional source	Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Young R.E., Burgess L.A., Roper C.F.E., Sweeney M.J. & Stephen S.J. (1998) Classification of the Enoploteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, and Ancistrocheiridae. Pp. 239-255, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
identification resource	Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844). 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:157031