MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Stauroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1879

WoRMS taxon details

Stauroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1879

AphiaID

153116 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153116)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Stauroteuthis syrtensis A. E. Verrill, 1879

Typetaxon of

Stauroteuthidae Grimpe, 1916

Parent

Stauroteuthidae Grimpe, 1916

Original name

Stauroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1879

Synonymised names

Chunioteuthis Grimpe, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Stauroteuthis gilchristi (G. C. Robson, 1924)
Species Stauroteuthis kengrahami Verhoeff, 2023
Species Stauroteuthis syrtensis A. E. Verrill, 1879
Species Stauroteuthis albatrossi Sasaki, 1920 accepted as Opisthoteuthis albatrossi (Sasaki, 1920) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Stauroteuthis hippocrepium Hoyle, 1904 accepted as Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium (Hoyle, 1904) (original combination)
Species Stauroteuthis mawsoni S. S. Berry, 1917 accepted as Cirroctopus mawsoni (S. S. Berry, 1917)
Species Stauroteuthis wuelkeri Grimpe, 1920 accepted as Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri (Grimpe, 1920) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. American Journal of Science and Arts. 3: 17-309. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stauroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153116 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 15:47:31Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-03-11 10:49:03Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-03-12 08:14:54Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-15 02:49:38Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2023-06-19 16:13:20Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. American Journal of Science and Arts. 3: 17-309. [details]

original description (of Chunioteuthis Grimpe, 1916) Grimpe, G. (1916). Chunioteuthis - Eine neue Cephalopodengattung. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 46(12): 349–359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29985857
page(s): 355 [details]

basis of record Collins, M.A.; Henriques, C. (2000). A revision of the family Stauroteuthidae (Octopoda: Cirrata) with redescriptions of Stauroteuthis syrtensis and S. gilchristi. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80(4): 685-697 (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400002514 [details]

Other

additional source Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Stauroteuthidae. pp. 266-267, 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): 266 [details]

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