MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Bolitaeninae Chun, 1911

WoRMS taxon details

Bolitaeninae Chun, 1911

AphiaID

742052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:742052)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Amphitretidae Hoyle, 1886

Synonymised names

Bolitaenidae Chun, 1911 · unaccepted

Direct children (4)

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Genus Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859
Genus Japetella Hoyle, 1885
Genus Eledonella A. E. Verrill, 1884 accepted as Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859
Genus Dorsopsis Thore, 1949 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bolitaeninae Chun, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742052 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-09-28 22:36:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Bolitaenidae Chun, 1911) Chun, C. (1913). Cephalopoda. In: Report on the scientific results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910, carried out under the auspices of the Norwegian government and the superintendence of Sir John Murray, K.C.B., and Dr. Johan Hjort. Volume III, Part 1. pp. 1-21. [details]

Taxonomy

status source Strugnell J.M., Norman M.D., Vecchione M., Guzik M. & Allcock A.L. (2014). The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history. Hydrobiologia. 725: 215-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6 [details]

Other

additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Bolitanidae. pp. 221-224, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]