World Register of Deep-Sea species - Gonatus J. E. Gray, 1849

Deep-Sea taxon details

Gonatus J. E. Gray, 1849

AphiaID

138036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138036)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Gonatidae Hoyle, 1886

Parent

Gonatidae Hoyle, 1886

Original name

Gonatus J. E. Gray, 1849

Direct children (8)

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Species Gonatus antarcticus Lönnberg, 1898
Species Gonatus berryi Naef, 1923
Species Gonatus californiensis R. E. Young, 1972
Species Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818)
Species Gonatus onyx R. E. Young, 1972
Species Gonatus pyros R. E. Young, 1972
Species Gonatus steenstrupi Kristensen, 1981
Species Gonatus ursabrunae Jefferts, 1985

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 66, 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gonatus J. E. Gray, 1849. 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=138036 on 2026-08-11

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gonatus J. E. Gray, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138036 on 2026-08-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Marshall, Bruce

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 66, 67 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Roper, C.F.E., Jorgensen, E.M., Katugin, O.N. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Gonatidae. 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. pp. 200-222. , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 202 [details]

additional source Young, R. E. (1973). Evidence for spawning by Gonatus sp. (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea) in the high Arctic Ocean. The Nautilus. 87(2): 53-58, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511828 [details]