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

Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ancistrocheirus*	J. E. Gray, 1849	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Abralia megalops*	A. E. Verrill, 1882	synonym
*Enoploteuthis pallida*	Pfeffer, 1884	synonym
*Enoploteuthis polyonyx*	Troschel, 1857	synonym
*Loligo alessandrinii*	Vérany, 1847	synonym
*Onychoteuthis lesueurii*	A. d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Yú- Gōu-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: sharpear enope squid sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Greek: Καλαμάρι πινέζα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ダイオウホタルイカモドキ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Кальмар-светлячок большекрылый

Literature

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.
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	Okutani, T., Tagawa, M. & Horikawa, H. eds. (1987). Cephalopods from continental shelf and slope around Japan. Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 194 pages.
additional source	Bello, G. (1992). On the validity, authorship, and publication date of the specific name Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (Cephalopoda: Ancistrocheiridae). The Veliger. 35(2): 141-145.
additional source	Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ancistrocheiridae. 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. 118-120.
new combination reference	Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,.
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. Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835). 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:138747