Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Pterygioteuthis giardi H. Fischer, 1896

calamar, Enope squid

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • 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.