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Chiroteuthis d'Orbigny, 1841 
AphiaID: 137777

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Oegopsida (Order) > Chiroteuthidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Genus
Parent Chiroteuthidae Gray, 1849
Synonymised
taxa
  Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934 (junior synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details]

basis of record (from synonym): UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Chiroteuthis calyx Young, 1972
Species Chiroteuthis diaphana (Verrill, 1884)
Species Chiroteuthis imperator Chun, 1908
Species Chiroteuthis joubini Voss, 1967
Species Chiroteuthis macrosoma Goodrich, 1896
Species Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932)
Species Chiroteuthis pellucida Goodrich, 1896
Species Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, 1894
Species Chiroteuthis spoeli Salcedo-Vargas, 1996
Species Chiroteuthis veranii (Férussac, 1835)

Species Chiroteuthis lacertosa Verrill, 1881 (nomen dubium)

Species Chiroteuthis acanthoderma Lu, 1977 accepted as Asperoteuthis acanthoderma (Lu, 1977)
Species Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934) accepted as Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932)
Species Chiroteuthis capensis Voss, 1967 accepted as Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137777
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Chiroteuthis d'Orbigny, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137777 on 2013-06-20
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