| European Squid |

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| Scientific classification |
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Animalia
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Mollusca
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| Class: |
Cephalopoda
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| Order: |
Teuthida
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| Family: |
Loliginidae
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| Genus: |
Loligo
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| Subgenus: |
Loligo
Lamarck, 1798 |
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L. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The cephalopods ( Greek plural (kephalópoda "head-feet" are the Mollusc class Cephalopoda characterized by Squid are marine Cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species Loliginidae is an aquatic family of the order Teuthida (squids Loligo is a genus of Squids and one of the most representative and widely distributed group of myopsid squids The genus was first described by Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck ( August 1, 1744 &ndash December 18, 1829) was a French Soldier vulgaris
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| Binomial name |
Loligo vulgaris
Lamarck, 1798 |
| Subspecies |
- Loligo vulgaris reynaudi
Orbigny, 1839
- Loligo vulgaris vulgaris
Lamarck, 1798
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The European Squid (Loligo vulgaris) is a large squid belonging to the family Loliginidae. Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck ( August 1, 1744 &ndash December 18, 1829) was a French Soldier In Zoology, as in other branches of Biology, subspecies is the Taxonomic rank immediately subordinate to a Species. Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny ( September 6, 1802 - June 30, 1857) was a great French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck ( August 1, 1744 &ndash December 18, 1829) was a French Soldier Squid are marine Cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species Loliginidae is an aquatic family of the order Teuthida (squids It occurs abundantly in coastal waters from the North Sea to at least the west coast of Africa. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. This species lives from sea level to depths of 500 m. The mantle is up to 40 cm long. The mantle is an important part of the anatomy of Molluscs It is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass It is the only species in the subgenus Loligo. There are two subspecies of this squid: the nominate L. v. vulgaris, and the Cape Hope Squid, L. v. reynaudi.
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