WoRMS taxon details
Planctoteuthis levimana (Lönnberg, 1896)
238753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238753)
accepted
Species
Mastigoteuthis levimana Lönnberg, 1896 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mastigoteuthis levimana Lönnberg, 1896) Lönnberg, E. (1896). Notes on some rare cephalopods. <em>Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> 53(8): 603-612., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32243753 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Planctoteuthis levimana (Lönnberg, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238753 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mastigoteuthis levimana Lönnberg, 1896) Lönnberg, E. (1896). Notes on some rare cephalopods. <em>Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> 53(8): 603-612., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32243753 [details]
basis of record 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): 145 [details]
basis of record 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): 145 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat meso-bathypelagic [details]
