WoRMS taxon details
Notonykia africanae Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998
342374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342374)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nesis, K.N., Roeleveld, M.A.C. & Nikitina, I.V. (1998). A new genus and species of onychoteuthid squid (Cephalopoda, Oegopsida) from the Southern Ocean. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 8: 153–168.
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page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in South African Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Off the South-Western Cape, 33° 42.0’ S;...
type locality contained in South African Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
Type locality Off the South-Western Cape, 33° 42.0’ S; 17° 20.0’ E, 900 m [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Notonykia africanae Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342374 on 2025-12-28
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Nomenclature
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Nesis, K.N., Roeleveld, M.A.C. & Nikitina, I.V. (1998). A new genus and species of onychoteuthid squid (Cephalopoda, Oegopsida) from the Southern Ocean. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 8: 153–168.
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <i>Zootaxa</i> 2696: 1-186.
page(s): 122 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <i>Zootaxa</i> 2696: 1-186.
page(s): 122 [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 Onychoteuthidae. <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. 348-369., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 355 [details]
additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 386 [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Onychoteuthidae. <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. 348-369., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 355 [details]
additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 386 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off the South-Western Cape, 33° 42.0’ S; 17° 20.0’ E, 900 m [details]
