WoRMS name details
Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885
562147 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:562147)
unaccepted (Treated by Cossmann as a junior homonym of Histiops Peters, 1869; Hoylia is a replacement name)
Genus
Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Histioteuthis atlantica (Hoyle, 1885) (type by monotypy)
- Species Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Histioteuthis atlantica (Hoyle, 1885) (original combination)
- Species Histiopsis hoylei E. S. Goodrich, 1896 accepted as Stigmatoteuthis hoylei (E. S. Goodrich, 1896) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=562147 on 2025-06-02
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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 Histioteuthidae. <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. 223-236., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 226 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Histioteuthidae. <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. 223-236., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 226 [details]
