WoRMS taxon details
Chiroteuthidae Gray, 1849
Grimalditeuthidae Pfeffer, 1900 · unaccepted
- Genus Asperoteuthis Nesis, 1980
- Genus Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841
- Genus Chiroteuthoides S. S. Berry, 1920
- Genus Grimalditeuthis Joubin, 1898
- Genus Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912
- Genus Tankaia Sasaki, 1929
- Genus Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934 accepted as Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (synonym)
- Genus Chiropsis Joubin, 1932 accepted as Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (synonym)
- Genus Diaphanoteuthis Tomlin, 1931 accepted as Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (synonym)
- Genus Doratopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (synonym)
- Genus Leptoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1884 accepted as Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Leptoteuthis d'Orbigny, 1845; Diaphanoteuthis Tomlin, 1931 is a replacement name)
- Genus Valbyteuthis Joubin, 1931 accepted as Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiroteuthidae Gray, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11767 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
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> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [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): 380 [details]
page(s): 380 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source 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 [details]
additional source Braid, H. E., Kubodera, T. & Bolstad, K. S. R. (2017). One step closer to understanding the chiroteuthid families in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Marine Biodiversity 47: 659-683.</em> [details]
[request]additional source 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 [details]
additional source Braid, H. E., Kubodera, T. & Bolstad, K. S. R. (2017). One step closer to understanding the chiroteuthid families in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Marine Biodiversity 47: 659-683.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
