MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903

NARMS taxon details

Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903

AphiaID

138623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138623)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Vampyroteuthidae Thiele, 1915

Original name

Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903

Synonymised names

Danateuthis Joubin, 1929 · unaccepted

Hansenoteuthis Joubin, 1929 · unaccepted

Melanoteuthis Joubin, 1912 · unaccepted

Retroteuthis Joubin, 1929 · unaccepted

Watasella Sasaki, 1920 · unaccepted

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Species Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903

Environment

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

Original description

Chun, C. (1902-1903). Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. Schilderungen von der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Mit 6 Chromolithographien, 8 Heliograv�ren, 32 als Tafeln gedruckten Vollbildern, 3 Karten und 482 Abbiludingen im Text. Zweite umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. Jena, G. Fischer. ix + 592 pp., 46 pls., 3 maps., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14876 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138623 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138623 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-09-29 11:38:53Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-09-20 18:50:02Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-28 18:00:35Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-01-30 19:31:53Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Chun, C. (1902-1903). Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. Schilderungen von der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Mit 6 Chromolithographien, 8 Heliograv�ren, 32 als Tafeln gedruckten Vollbildern, 3 Karten und 482 Abbiludingen im Text. Zweite umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. Jena, G. Fischer. ix + 592 pp., 46 pls., 3 maps., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14876 [details]

original description (of Melanoteuthis Joubin, 1912) Joubin L. 1912. Etudes pr�liminaires sur les C�phalopodes recuillis au cours des croisi�res le S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. 1re Note: Melanoteuthis lucens nov. gen. et sp. Bulletin de l'Institut Oc�anographique, 220: 1-14 [details]

original description (of Retroteuthis Joubin, 1929) Joubin L. 1929. Notes pr�liminaires sur les C�phalopodes des croisi�res du DANA (1921-1922). Octopodes - 1re partie. Annales de l'Institut Oc�anographique, (n.s.)6(4): 363-394.
page(s): 383 [details]

original description (of Watasella Sasaki, 1920) Sasaki, M. (1920). Report on cephalopods collected during 1906 by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in the northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57(2310): 163-203., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7705952
page(s): 168 [details]

additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Vampyroteuthidae. pp. 268-270, 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.
page(s): 268 [details]

additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. Invertebrate Systematics. 33: 402-425.
page(s): 419 [details]