WoRMS taxon details

Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G. C. Robson, 1925

325299  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325299)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Robson, G. C. (1925). On <i>Mesonychoteuthis</i>, a new genus of oegopsid Cephalopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 9, 16: 272-277, 2 figs. [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G. C. Robson, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325299 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2008-03-06 07:11:21Z
created
2016-06-06 11:34:44Z
changed
2022-08-27 09:38:30Z
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original description Robson, G. C. (1925). On <i>Mesonychoteuthis</i>, a new genus of oegopsid Cephalopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 9, 16: 272-277, 2 figs. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 173 [details]   

additional source Rosa, R. & Seibel, B. A. (2010). Slow pace of life of the Antarctic colossal squid. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90: 1375-1378.</em>  [details]   

additional source Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Cephalopoda by Louise Allcock and Uwe Piatowski. (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Habitat bathypelagic [details]
LanguageName 
English Colossal squid  [details]
German Koloss-Kalmar  [details]
Japanese ダイオウホウズキイカ  [details]