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Descriptor English: Loligo
Descriptor Spanish: Loligo
Descriptor Loligo
Scope note: Género de CALAMAR de la familia Loliginidae, superorden DECAPODIFORMES, cuyo cuerpo es fusiforme. Son los calamares comunes, animales bien estudiados aunque sus diversas especies no están taxonómicamente resueltas. Abundan en las proximidades de la costa del Pacífico oriental y del Atlántico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Loligo
Descriptor French: Loligo
Entry term(s): Loligos
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.644.116.150.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049834
Scope note: A genus of SQUID in the family Loliginidae, superorder DECAPODIFORMES, with a spindle-shaped body. They are well-studied, common inshore squids of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans, but their various species are taxonomically unresolved.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mollusca (1965-1972)
Squid (1972-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 50426
Unique ID: D049834
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Loligo - Preferred
Concept UI M0470392
Scope note A genus of SQUID in the family Loliginidae, superorder DECAPODIFORMES, with a spindle-shaped body. They are well-studied, common inshore squids of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans, but their various species are taxonomically unresolved.
Preferred term Loligo
Entry term(s) Loligos



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