Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pterygioteuthis giardi
calamar, Enope squid
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Oegopsida
Family
Pyroteuthidae
Genus
Pterygioteuthis
Species
giardi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pyroteuthis (Pterygioteuthis) giardi, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Baque, J Páez, D & Wolff, M (2012) Hábitos alimentarios de dos peces pelágicos Thunnus albacares y Acanthocybium solandri de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol.47, Nº1:1-11 pp.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pterygioteuthis giardi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15533. Accessed 6 November 2026.