WoRMS taxon details
Octopoteuthidae S. S. Berry, 1912
11741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11741)
accepted
Family
- Genus Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844
- Genus Taningia Joubin, 1931
- Genus Octopodoteuthis Krohn, 1845 accepted as Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844 (unjustified emendation)
- Genus Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844 (synonym)
- Genus Verania Krohn, 1847 accepted as Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844 (synonym)
- Genus Cucioteuthis Steenstrup, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium, type species is a nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Berry, S. S. (1912). Some necessary changes in cephalopod nomenclature. <em>Science.</em> ser. 2, 36(932): 643-646., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31122594
page(s): 645 [details]
page(s): 645 [details]
Description The family is characterized by biserial hooks on the arms (usually replaced by small biserial suckers near the arm tips); a...
Description The family is characterized by biserial hooks on the arms (usually replaced by small biserial suckers near the arm tips); a lack of tentacles (in adults), buccal connectives that attached to the ventral borders of arms IV; a simple, straight, slightly broad funnel locking-cartilage; very large fins; light organs at the tips of development in Octopoteuthis, while they remain for some time in Taningia as small rudimentary filaments that bear a few distal club suckers; they eventually drop off in the juvenile stage. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopoteuthidae S. S. Berry, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11741 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Berry, S. S. (1912). Some necessary changes in cephalopod nomenclature. <em>Science.</em> ser. 2, 36(932): 643-646., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31122594
page(s): 645 [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): 645 [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): 300 [details]
page(s): 300 [details]
Other
additional source
Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. <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. 262-268., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description The family is characterized by biserial hooks on the arms (usually replaced by small biserial suckers near the arm tips); a lack of tentacles (in adults), buccal connectives that attached to the ventral borders of arms IV; a simple, straight, slightly broad funnel locking-cartilage; very large fins; light organs at the tips of development in Octopoteuthis, while they remain for some time in Taningia as small rudimentary filaments that bear a few distal club suckers; they eventually drop off in the juvenile stage. [details]
