WoRMS taxon details
Opisthoteuthis chathamensis O'Shea, 1999
342093 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342093)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NIWA 7553
, Type locality contained in Chatham Rise
Holotype NIWA 7553 [details]
type locality contained in Chatham Rise [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthis chathamensis O'Shea, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342093 on 2025-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 251 [details]
additional source Verhoeff, T. J. (2024). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 68: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.wij3l
page(s): 15, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
[request]additional source Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 251 [details]
additional source Verhoeff, T. J. (2024). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 68: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.wij3l
page(s): 15, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NIWA 7553 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
