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Of all species originally described as belonging to the squid family
Loliginidae, less than 1/4 are still considered to be valid species
within that family. About 8% are valid species in other families. Over
half have been synonymized with species that had previously been described.
Whereas the rate of description of loliginid species has declined substantially
since the middle of the last century, the rate of description of valid
species remains fairly high (Sweeney and Vecchione, 1998). As a result,
many undescribed species can be expected in that family. Because this
is a commercially important family from the relatively well-known waters
of temperate continental shelves, new species will probably result mainly
from splitting the species currently recognized.
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National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. , USA
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Loliginid Nomenclatural History
Authored by
Michael Vecchione.
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