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

Pterygioteuthis giardi H. Fischer, 1896

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterygioteuthis*	H. Fischer, 1896	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) planctonica*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym
*Pyroteuthis planctonica*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Jì-Shì-Yì-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: roundear enope squid sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Japanese: マダマイカ

Literature

original description	Fischer, H. (1896). Note préliminaire sur le Pterygioteuthis Giardi, céphalopode nouveau recuelli dans le Cours de l'Expédition scientifique du Talisman (1883). Journal de conchyliologie. 43: 205-211.
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	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	Lindgren A.R. (2010) Systematics and distribution of the squid genus Pterygioteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 76: 389-398.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 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. Pterygioteuthis giardi H. Fischer, 1896. 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:141097