WoRMS taxon details
Mastigoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881
138168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138168)
accepted
Genus
Mastigoteuthis agassizii A. E. Verrill, 1881 (type by monotypy)
Chiroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Mastigoteuthis agassizii A. E. Verrill, 1881
- Species Mastigoteuthis dentata Hoyle, 1904
- Species Mastigoteuthis flammea Chun, 1908
- Species Mastigoteuthis glaukopis Chun, 1908
- Species Mastigoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1895)
- Species Mastigoteuthis psychrophila Nesis, 1977
- Species Mastigoteuthis schmidti Degner, 1925
- Species Mastigoteuthis hastula (S. S. Berry, 1920) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mastigoteuthis inermis Rancurel, 1972 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mastigoteuthis iselini MacDonald & Clench, 1934 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mastigoteuthis latipinna (M. Sasaki, 1916) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mastigoteuthis okutanii (Salcedo-Vargas, 1997) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mastigoteuthis tyroi (Salcedo-Vargas, 1997) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Mastigoteuthis (Mastigopsis) Grimpe, 1922 accepted as Mastigopsis Grimpe, 1922 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Mastigoteuthis atlanticus Joubin, 1933 accepted as Mastigoteuthis glaukopis var. atlantica Joubin, 1933 accepted as Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933) (Spelling variation)
- Species Mastigoteuthis cordiformis Chun, 1908 accepted as Idioteuthis cordiformis (Chun, 1908)
- Species Mastigoteuthis danae (Joubin, 1933) accepted as Idioteuthis danae (Joubin, 1933) accepted as Echinoteuthis danae Joubin, 1933
- Species Mastigoteuthis famelica (S. S. Berry, 1909) accepted as Echinoteuthis famelica (S. S. Berry, 1909)
- Species Mastigoteuthis flammeus Chun, 1908 accepted as Mastigoteuthis flammea Chun, 1908 (Spelling variation)
- Species Mastigoteuthis hjorti Chun, 1913 accepted as Mastigopsis hjorti (Chun, 1913) (original combination)
- Species Mastigoteuthis levimana Lönnberg, 1896 accepted as Planctoteuthis levimana (Lönnberg, 1896) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mastigoteuthis magna Joubin, 1913 accepted as Magnoteuthis magna (Joubin, 1913)
- Species Mastigoteuthis microlucens R. E. Young, Lindgren & Vecchione, 2008 accepted as Magnoteuthis microlucens (R. E. Young, Lindgren & Vecchione, 2008) (original combination)
- Species Mastigoteuthis pyrodes R. E. Young, 1972 accepted as Mastigotragus pyrodes (R. E. Young, 1972) (original combination)
- Species Mastigoteuthis talismani (Fischer & Joubin, 1906) accepted as Magnapinna talismani (H. Fischer & Joubin, 1906) (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1881). Report on the Cephalopods, and on some additional species dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk" during the season of 1880. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard.</em> 8: 99-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28864804
page(s): 100 [details]
page(s): 100 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mastigoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138168 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1881). Report on the Cephalopods, and on some additional species dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk" during the season of 1880. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard.</em> 8: 99-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28864804
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Chiroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1900) Pfeffer, G. (1900). Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen in Hamburg.</em> 17: 145-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10282260
page(s): 187 [details]
basis of record Braid H.E., McBride P.D. & Bolstad K.S.R. (2014) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. <i>Hydrobiologia</i> 725: 145–164. [details]
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Chiroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1900) Pfeffer, G. (1900). Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen in Hamburg.</em> 17: 145-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10282260
page(s): 187 [details]
basis of record Braid H.E., McBride P.D. & Bolstad K.S.R. (2014) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. <i>Hydrobiologia</i> 725: 145–164. [details]
Other
additional source
Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Mastigoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 250-256., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. & Okutani, T. (1994). New classification of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <em>Venus.</em> 53(2): 119 - 127. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. & Okutani, T. (1994). New classification of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <em>Venus.</em> 53(2): 119 - 127. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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