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 belone (Chun, 1906)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Toxeuma Walker, 1833

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 (+) (-)

Chinese: Zhēn-Kŏng-Què-Yóu

Literature

basis of record	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.
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. Taonius belone (Chun, 1906). 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:559406