MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)

ERMS taxon details

Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)

AphiaID

140623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140623)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sthenoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1880

Original name

Ommatostrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855

Synonymised names

Architeuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ommastrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855 · unaccepted

Ommatostrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Ommastrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855) Steenstrup, J. (1855). Kjaeber af en kolossal Blaeksprutte. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1855(5/6):199-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15958465
page(s): 200 [details]

(of Ommatostrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855) Steenstrup, J. (1855). Kjaeber af en kolossal Blaeksprutte. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1855(5/6):199-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15958465 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855). 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=140623 on 2025-05-27

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140623 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2016-06-12 11:32:48Z

changed

Finn, Julian

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Ommastrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855) Steenstrup, J. (1855). Kjaeber af en kolossal Blaeksprutte. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1855(5/6):199-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15958465
page(s): 200 [details]

original description (of Ommatostrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855) Steenstrup, J. (1855). Kjaeber af en kolossal Blaeksprutte. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1855(5/6):199-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15958465 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Dunning M.C. (1998) A review of the systematics, distribution, and biology of arrow squids genera Ommastrephes Orbigny, 1835, Sthenoteuthis Verrill, 1880, and Ornithoteuthis Okada, 1927 (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 425-433, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
page(s): 428 [details]

additional source Roper, C.F.E., Nigmatullin, C. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ommastrephidae. 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. 269-347. , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 318 [details]

additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]