Deep-Sea taxon details
Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841
137777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137777)
accepted
Genus
- 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)
- 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 lacertosa A. E. Verrill, 1881 accepted as Chiroteuthis veranii (A. Férussac, 1835) (synonym)
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137777 on 2025-07-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137777 on 2025-07-14
Date
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2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
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Martinez, Olga
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]
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
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]
page(s): 324 [details]
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
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]
