World Register of Deep-Sea species - Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885

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Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885

AphiaID

562147 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:562147)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Treated by Cossmann as a junior homonym of Histiops Peters, 1869; Hoylia is a replacement name)

Accepted name

Histioteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Histioteuthis atlantica (Hoyle, 1885) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Histioteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1881

Original name

Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885

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Species Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Histioteuthis atlantica (Hoyle, 1885) (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, II: The Decapoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 5, 16:181-203., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29995905 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885. 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=562147 on 2026-09-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=562147 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2011-02-23 21:25:08Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-08 10:23:40Z

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Finn, Julian

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original description Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, II: The Decapoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 5, 16:181-203., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29995905 [details]

basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Histioteuthidae. 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. 223-236., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 226 [details]

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