MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ancistrocheirus J. E. Gray, 1849

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Ancistrocheirus J. E. Gray, 1849

AphiaID

137649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137649)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Onychoteuthis lesueurii A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Ancistrocheiridae Pfeffer, 1912

Parent

Ancistrocheiridae Pfeffer, 1912

Original name

Ancistrocheirus J. E. Gray, 1849

Synonymised names

Thelidioteuthis Pfeffer, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Ancistrocheirus megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Octopoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 46, 49 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ancistrocheirus J. E. Gray, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137649 on 2025-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-09-05 08:30:55Z

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Martinez, Olga

2011-06-26 08:43:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-04 02:51:52Z

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Finn, Julian

2024-09-09 16:17:07Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-09-12 16:15:35Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 46, 49 [details]

original description (of Thelidioteuthis Pfeffer, 1900) Pfeffer, G. (1900). Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen in Hamburg. 17: 145-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10282260
page(s): 167 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ancistrocheiridae. 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. 118-120., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 119 [details]

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