WoRMS taxon details
Mastigoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1881
11769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11769)
accepted
Family
- Genus Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933
- Genus Idioteuthis M. Sasaki, 1916
- Genus Magnoteuthis Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994
- Genus Mastigopsis Grimpe, 1922
- Genus Mastigoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881
- Genus Mastigotragus R. E. Young, Vecchione & Braid, 2014
- Genus Chiroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Mastigoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1881). The Cephalopods of the Northeastern Coast of America. Part II. the smaller cephalopods, including the “ squids'” and the octopi, with other allied forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5: 259-446, pl. 26-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718319
page(s): 430 [details]
page(s): 430 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mastigoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11769 on 2026-08-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1881). The Cephalopods of the Northeastern Coast of America. Part II. the smaller cephalopods, including the “ squids'” and the octopi, with other allied forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5: 259-446, pl. 26-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718319
page(s): 430 [details]
basis of record Braid H.E., McBride P.D. & Bolstad K.S.R. (2014) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. <i>Hydrobiologia</i> 725: 145–164. [details]
basis of record Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(4): 1212-1235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details]
page(s): 430 [details]
basis of record Braid H.E., McBride P.D. & Bolstad K.S.R. (2014) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. <i>Hydrobiologia</i> 725: 145–164. [details]
basis of record Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(4): 1212-1235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 390 [details]
page(s): 390 [details]
Other
additional source
Braid, H. E., Kubodera, T. & Bolstad, K. S. R. (2017). One step closer to understanding the chiroteuthid families in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Marine Biodiversity 47: 659-683.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0628-5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
