UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Exsuperoteuthis Verhoeff, 2024

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Exsuperoteuthis Verhoeff, 2024

AphiaID

1765488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1765488)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Opisthoteuthis persephone S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Exsuperoteuthis persephone (S. S. Berry, 1918) (type by original designation)

Parent

Opisthoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1896

Original name

Exsuperoteuthis Verhoeff, 2024

Direct children (2)

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Species Exsuperoteuthis depressa (Ijima & Ikeda, 1895)
Species Exsuperoteuthis persephone (S. S. Berry, 1918)

Environment

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

Original description

Verhoeff, T. J. (2024). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 68: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.wij3l
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Descriptive notes

Etymology From the Latin exsupero, meaning to surpass or exceed, in reference to the far greater number of enlarged suckers on the...

Etymology From the Latin exsupero, meaning to surpass or exceed, in reference to the far greater number of enlarged suckers on the males compared to other members of Opisthoteuthidae. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Exsuperoteuthis Verhoeff, 2024. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765488 on 2024-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-08-12 12:00:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Notes (1)

original description Verhoeff, T. J. (2024). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 68: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.wij3l
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors

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Etymology From the Latin exsupero, meaning to surpass or exceed, in reference to the far greater number of enlarged suckers on the males compared to other members of Opisthoteuthidae. [details]