MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1838

WoRMS taxon details

Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1838

AphiaID

153091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153091)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cirroteuthis muelleri Eschricht, 1838 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cirroteuthidae W. Keferstein, 1866

Original name

Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1838

Synonymised names

Cirrhoteuthis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Sciadephorus Reinhardt & Prosch, 1846 · unaccepted

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Species Cirroteuthis kirrilyae Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2025
Species Cirroteuthis muelleri Eschricht, 1838
Species Cirroteuthis caudani Joubin, 1896 accepted as Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1903) (dubious synonym)
Species Cirroteuthis gilchristi G. C. Robson, 1924 accepted as Stauroteuthis gilchristi (G. C. Robson, 1924) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cirroteuthis glacialis G. C. Robson, 1930 accepted as Cirroctopus glacialis (G. C. Robson, 1930) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cirroteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1903 accepted as Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cirroteuthis macrope S. S. Berry, 1911 accepted as Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
Species Cirroteuthis magna Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Inopinoteuthis magna (Hoyle, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Cirroteuthis massyae Grimpe, 1920 accepted as Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920) (original combination)
Species Cirroteuthis meangensis Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Grimpoteuthis meangensis (Hoyle, 1885) (original combination)
Species Cirroteuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cirroteuthis mulleri Eschricht, 1838 accepted as Cirroteuthis muelleri Eschricht, 1838 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Cirroteuthis pacifica Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Grimpoteuthis pacifica (Hoyle, 1885) (original combination)
Species Cirroteuthis plena A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Grimpoteuthis plena (A. E. Verrill, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cirroteuthis umbellata P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Grimpoteuthis umbellata (P. Fischer, 1884) (original combination)
Species Cirroteuthis hoylei G. C. Robson, 1932 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Original description

Eschricht, D.F. (1838). Cirroteuthis müelleri, eine neue Gattung der cephalopoden bildend. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum. 18: 627–634. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153091 on 2025-04-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

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Martinez, Olga

2011-03-16 19:15:22Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-06-12 21:04:34Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-05 02:32:28Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Eschricht, D.F. (1838). Cirroteuthis müelleri, eine neue Gattung der cephalopoden bildend. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum. 18: 627–634. [details]

original description (of Sciadephorus Reinhardt & Prosch, 1846) Reinhardt, J. T. & Prosch, V. (1846). Om Sciadephorus mulleri (Eschr.). Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen. 59 pp. [details]

basis of record 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]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322. [details]

Other

additional source Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Cirroteuthidae. pp. 262-265, 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): 262 [details]