WoRMS taxon details
Pyroteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912
23109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23109)
accepted
Family
Pyroteuthinae Pfeffer, 1912 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Pterygioteuthis H. Fischer, 1896
- Genus Pyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904
- Genus Charibditeuthis Vivanti, 1912 accepted as Pyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pyroteuthinae Pfeffer, 1912) Pfeffer, G. (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 2 (F.a.): 1-815., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3630365
page(s): 189, 773 [details]
page(s): 189, 773 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pyroteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23109 on 2026-08-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pyroteuthinae Pfeffer, 1912) Pfeffer, G. (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 2 (F.a.): 1-815., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3630365
page(s): 189, 773 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Pyroteuthidae. <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. 379-383., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [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): 189, 773 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Pyroteuthidae. <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. 379-383., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Young R.E., Burgess L.A., Roper C.F.E., Sweeney M.J. & Stephen S.J. (1998) Classification of the Enoploteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, and Ancistrocheiridae. Pp. 239-255, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [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): 284 [details]
page(s): 284 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
