WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903

Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
AphiaID: 141887

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Vampyromorpha (Order) > Vampyroteuthidae (Family) > Vampyroteuthis (Genus)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Species

Parent

Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903

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: Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
English	Vampire squid	[details]

Environment

marine

Distribution

European waters (ERMS scope) [details]

Links

To CLEMAM
To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To ITIS

Notes

Distribution: semi-cosmopolitan [details]

Habitat: oceanic, meso-bathypelagic [details]

Edit
history

Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05 GMT	created	Gofas, Serge

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Citation: Gofas, S. (2009). Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141887 on 2010-02-09

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