WoRMS taxon details
Promachoteuthis megaptera Hoyle, 1885
342382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342382)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, II: The Decapoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 16:181-203., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29995905 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Promachoteuthis megaptera Hoyle, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342382 on 2026-03-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, II: The Decapoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 16:181-203., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29995905 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Promachoteuthidae. <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. 374-376., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 375 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Promachoteuthidae. <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. 374-376., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 375 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Okutani, T. (1983). Rare and Interesting Squid from Japan—VIII. Rediscovery of Promachoteuthis megaptera Hoyle, 1885 (Oegopsida: Promachoteuthidae). <em>Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology).</em> 42(3): 241–247. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Okutani, T. (1983). Rare and Interesting Squid from Japan—VIII. Rediscovery of Promachoteuthis megaptera Hoyle, 1885 (Oegopsida: Promachoteuthidae). <em>Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology).</em> 42(3): 241–247. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat abyssopelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ダルマイカ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Promachoteuthis megaptera Hoyle, 1885; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3504050)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Promachoteuthis megaptera Hoyle, 1885; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3504050)
To ITIS
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