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Opisthoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1883

138294  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138294)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Octopoda (Order)
  8. Cirrata (Suborder)
  9. Opisthoteuthoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Opisthoteuthidae (Family)
  11. Opisthoteuthis (Genus)
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  1. Species Opisthoteuthis agassizii A. E. Verrill, 1883
  2. Species Opisthoteuthis albatrossi (Sasaki, 1920)
  3. Species Opisthoteuthis borealis M. A. Collins, 2005
  4. Species Opisthoteuthis bruuni (G. L. Voss, 1982)
  5. Species Opisthoteuthis californiana S. S. Berry, 1949
  6. Species Opisthoteuthis calypso Villanueva, M. A. Collins, P. Sánchez & N. A. Voss, 2002
  7. Species Opisthoteuthis chathamensis O'Shea, 1999
  8. Species Opisthoteuthis dongshaensis C. C. Lu, 2010
  9. Species Opisthoteuthis extensa Thiele, 1915
  10. Species Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1903)
  11. Species Opisthoteuthis hardyi Villanueva, M. A. Collins, P. Sánchez & N. A. Voss, 2002
  12. Species Opisthoteuthis kerberos Verhoeff, 2024
  13. Species Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920)
  14. Species Opisthoteuthis medusoides Thiele, 1915
  15. Species Opisthoteuthis mero O'Shea, 1999
  16. Species Opisthoteuthis philipii Oommen, 1976
  17. Species Opisthoteuthis pluto S. S. Berry, 1918
  18. Species Opisthoteuthis robsoni O'Shea, 1999
  19. Subgenus Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus) S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Opisthoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1883
    1. Species Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus) pluto S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Opisthoteuthis pluto S. S. Berry, 1918
  20. Species Opisthoteuthis adorabilis (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  21. Species Opisthoteuthis depressa Ijima & Ikeda, 1895 accepted as Exsuperoteuthis depressa (Ijima & Ikeda, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Opisthoteuthis japonica Iw. Taki, 1962 accepted as Exsuperoteuthis depressa (Ijima & Ikeda, 1895) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Opisthoteuthis persephone S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Exsuperoteuthis persephone (S. S. Berry, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Opisthoteuthis vossi P. Sánchez & Guerra, 1989 accepted as Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920)
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Verrill, A. E. (1883). Supplementary report on the "Blake" cephalopods. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 11(5): 105-115., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397620
page(s): 113 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138294 on 2024-11-26
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2015-01-29 14:25:59Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-06-12 20:47:43Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2020-01-28 18:00:35Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2023-06-19 00:28:51Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1883). Supplementary report on the "Blake" cephalopods. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 11(5): 105-115., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397620
page(s): 113 [details] 

original description (of Cirroteuthopsis Grimpe, 1920) Grimpe G. 1920. Teuthologische Mitteilungen V. Zwei neue Cirraten-Arten. <i>Zoologischer Anzeiger</i>, 51: 230-243., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9458582 [details] 

taxonomy source Villanueva, R.; Collins, M.A.; Sánchez, P.; Voss, N.A. (2002). Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus <i>Opisthoteuthis</i> (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci. 71(2)</i>: 933-985 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

taxonomy source Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 296-297 [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  PDF available [request]

basis of record Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 248 [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Japanese メンダコ属  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opisthoteuthis) 
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