Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Dosidicus gigas (Orbigny, 1835)
DIAGNOSIS.—As for genus.
ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Orbigny, 1835:48, pl. 4.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Eastern South Pacific off coast of South America.
DEPOSITION OF TYPE.—Syntype: Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 7-3-660.
- bibliographic citation
- Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume II." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 277-599. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586.277
