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Grimpoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1932

To NHMUK collection (Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968847)
To NHMUK collection (Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968847)

138293  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138293)

  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. Grimpoteuthidae (Family)
  11. Grimpoteuthis (Genus)
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  1. Species Grimpoteuthis abyssicola O'Shea, 1999
  2. Species Grimpoteuthis angularis Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2022
  3. Species Grimpoteuthis bathynectes G. L. Voss & Pearcy, 1990
  4. Species Grimpoteuthis boylei M. A. Collins, 2003
  5. Species Grimpoteuthis challengeri M. A. Collins, 2003
  6. Species Grimpoteuthis discoveryi M. A. Collins, 2003
  7. Species Grimpoteuthis greeni Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2022
  8. Species Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium (Hoyle, 1904)
  9. Species Grimpoteuthis imperator A. Ziegler & Sagorny, 2021
  10. Species Grimpoteuthis innominata (O'Shea, 1999)
  11. Species Grimpoteuthis meangensis (Hoyle, 1885)
  12. Species Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
  13. Species Grimpoteuthis pacifica (Hoyle, 1885)
  14. Species Grimpoteuthis plena (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
  15. Species Grimpoteuthis tuftsi G. L. Voss & Pearcy, 1990
  16. Species Grimpoteuthis umbellata (P. Fischer, 1884)
  17. Species Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri (Grimpe, 1920)
  18. Species Grimpoteuthis albatrossi (Sasaki, 1920) accepted as Opisthoteuthis albatrossi (Sasaki, 1920)
  19. Species Grimpoteuthis antarctica Kubodera & Okutani, 1986 accepted as Cirroctopus antarcticus (Kubodera & Okutani, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Grimpoteuthis bruuni G. L. Voss, 1982 accepted as Opisthoteuthis bruuni (G. L. Voss, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Grimpoteuthis caudani (Joubin, 1896) accepted as Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1903)
  22. Species Grimpoteuthis glacialis (G. C. Robson, 1930) accepted as Cirroctopus glacialis (G. C. Robson, 1930) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Grimpoteuthis mawsoni (S. S. Berry, 1917) accepted as Cirroctopus mawsoni (S. S. Berry, 1917)
  24. Species Grimpoteuthis umbellatus (Fischer, 1884) accepted as Grimpoteuthis umbellata (P. Fischer, 1884) (wrong grammatical agreement)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Robson, G. C. (1932). A monograph of the recent Cephalopoda based on the collections in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. The Octopoda. London., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48234249
page(s): p. 136. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Grimpoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138293 on 2025-04-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-03-27 06:45:57Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2011-03-16 14:35:44Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2015-01-29 14:25:59Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-06-12 20:21:58Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2020-01-28 18:00:35Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2022-08-27 09:38:30Z
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Vos, Chris
2023-09-18 05:44:46Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Robson, G. C. (1932). A monograph of the recent Cephalopoda based on the collections in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. The Octopoda. London., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48234249
page(s): p. 136. [details] 

original description (of Enigmatiteuthis O'Shea, 1999) O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 112 : 1-280. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Collins, M.A. (2003). The genus Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Grimpoteuthidae) in the north-east Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 139(1): 93-127 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source 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. 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): 256 [details] 

additional source Verhoeff, T. J. & O'Shea, S. (2022). New records and two new species of Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Cirrata: Grimpoteuthididae) from southern Australia and New Zealand. Molluscan Research. 42. [details] 

 
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Japanese ジュウモンジダコ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Grimpoteuthis) 
To Genbank 
To NHMUK collection (Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968847) 
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To NHMUK collection (Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968847)
To NHMUK collection (Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968847)
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