WoRMS taxon details
Chiroteuthis spoeli Salcedo-Vargas, 1996
395000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395000)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. (1996). Cephalopods from the Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme (NIOP) - 1. <i>Chiroteuthis spoeli</i> n. sp. and <i>Chiroteuthis picteti somaliensis</i> n. subspec. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 46 (2): 11-26., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505233 [details]
Note Northwest Indian Ocean, off the coast of...
Type locality Northwest Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia. 53°S, 5°E. 540–860 m deep. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiroteuthis spoeli Salcedo-Vargas, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395000 on 2025-11-28
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Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. (1996). Cephalopods from the Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme (NIOP) - 1. <i>Chiroteuthis spoeli</i> n. sp. and <i>Chiroteuthis picteti somaliensis</i> n. subspec. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 46 (2): 11-26., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505233 [details]
basis of record Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. & Guerrero-Kommritz, J. (2025). A morphological approach to the “<i>Chiroteuthis joubini</i> group” (Chiroteuthidae: Cephalopoda: Mollusca). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 55(6): 90: 1-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01572-7
page(s): 10, figs 7a-d [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. & Guerrero-Kommritz, J. (2025). A morphological approach to the “<i>Chiroteuthis joubini</i> group” (Chiroteuthidae: Cephalopoda: Mollusca). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 55(6): 90: 1-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01572-7
page(s): 10, figs 7a-d [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <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. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 139 [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <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. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 139 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Northwest Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia. 53°S, 5°E. 540–860 m deep. [details]
