WoRMS taxon details
Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841
137777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137777)
accepted
Genus
Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiropsis Joubin, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiroteuthis (Chiroteuthis) A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · alternative representation
Chiroteuthis (Chirothauma) Chun, 1910 · alternative representation
Diaphanoteuthis Tomlin, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Doratopsis Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leptoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Leptoteuthis d'Orbigny, 1845; Diaphanoteuthis Tomlin, 1931 is a replacement name
- Species Chiroteuthis calyx R. E. Young, 1972
- Species Chiroteuthis imperator Chun, 1908
- Species Chiroteuthis joubini G. L. Voss, 1967
- Species Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932)
- Species Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, 1894
- Species Chiroteuthis spoeli Salcedo-Vargas, 1996
- Species Chiroteuthis veranii (A. Férussac, 1835)
- Subgenus Chiroteuthis (Tankaia) Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Tankaia Sasaki, 1929 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Chiroteuthis (Tankaia) borealis Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Tankaia borealis (Sasaki, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chiroteuthis acanthoderma Lu, 1977 accepted as Asperoteuthis acanthoderma (Lu, 1977) (original combination)
- Species Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934) accepted as Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932) (synonym)
- Species Chiroteuthis capensis G. L. Voss, 1967 accepted as Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chiroteuthis diaphana (A. E. Verrill, 1884) accepted as Chiroteuthis veranii (A. Férussac, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chiroteuthis famelica S. S. Berry, 1909 accepted as Echinoteuthis famelica (S. S. Berry, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chiroteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895 accepted as Mastigoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1895)
- Species Chiroteuthis lacertosa A. E. Verrill, 1881 accepted as Chiroteuthis veranii (A. Férussac, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Chiroteuthis macrosoma E. S. Goodrich, 1896 accepted as Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, 1894 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chiroteuthis pellucida E. S. Goodrich, 1896 accepted as Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, 1894 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chiroteuthis portieri Joubin, 1916 accepted as Joubiniteuthis portieri (Joubin, 1916) (original combination)
- Species Chiroteuthis portieri Joubin, 1912 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Chiroteuthis veranyi (A. Férussac, 1834) accepted as Chiroteuthis veranii (A. Férussac, 1835) (misspelling)
- Subgenus Chiroteuthis (Chiroteuthis) A. d'Orbigny, 1841 represented as Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841
- Subgenus Chiroteuthis (Chirothauma) Chun, 1910 represented as Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841
- Species Chiroteuthis (Chirothauma) picteti Joubin, 1894 represented as Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, 1894
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): 324 [details]
page(s): 324 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137777 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): 324 [details]
original description (of Chiropsis Joubin, 1932) Joubin, L. (1932). Note sur l'appareil reproducteur d'un céphalopode nouveau: Chiropsis mega. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 57: 288–291. [details]
original description (of Doratopsis Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune A.T. de 1894. Étude monographique sur la famille des Loligopsidae. <i> Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris</i>, (7)8: 7-28 , pl. 1-2 , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31636735
page(s): 17-18 [details]
original description (of Leptoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1884) Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234 [details]
page(s): 324 [details]
original description (of Chiropsis Joubin, 1932) Joubin, L. (1932). Note sur l'appareil reproducteur d'un céphalopode nouveau: Chiropsis mega. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 57: 288–291. [details]
original description (of Doratopsis Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune A.T. de 1894. Étude monographique sur la famille des Loligopsidae. <i> Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris</i>, (7)8: 7-28 , pl. 1-2 , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31636735
page(s): 17-18 [details]
original description (of Leptoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1884) Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [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]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <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. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 136 [details]
[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]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <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. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 136 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
