WoRMS taxon details
Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898
137848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137848)
accepted
Genus
Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898 (type by monotypy)
Crystalloteuthis Chun, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phasmatoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898
- Species Galiteuthis glacialis (Chun, 1906)
- Species Galiteuthis pacifica (G. C. Robson, 1948)
- Species Galiteuthis phyllura S. S. Berry, 1911
- Species Galiteuthis suhmi (Hoyle, 1886)
- Species Galiteuthis suhmi (Lankester, 1884) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Galiteuthis armatus Joubin, 1898 accepted as Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898 (misspelling)
- Species Galiteuthis aspera Filippova, 1972 accepted as Galiteuthis glacialis (Chun, 1906) (synonym)
- Species Galiteuthis suhmii Chun, 1910 accepted as Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Joubin, L. (1898). Note sur une nouvelle famille de Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie.</em> (8) 6: 279-292., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36044327
page(s): 292 [details]
page(s): 292 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137848 on 2026-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Joubin, L. (1898). Note sur une nouvelle famille de Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie.</em> (8) 6: 279-292., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36044327
page(s): 292 [details]
original description (of Crystalloteuthis Chun, 1906) Chun, C. (1906). System der cranchien. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31: 82–86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30256974 [details]
original description (of Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900) Pfeffer, G. (1900). Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen in Hamburg.</em> 17: 145-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10282260
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 30(2): 365-412., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000002/art00003
page(s): 392 [details]
page(s): 292 [details]
original description (of Crystalloteuthis Chun, 1906) Chun, C. (1906). System der cranchien. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31: 82–86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30256974 [details]
original description (of Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900) Pfeffer, G. (1900). Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen in Hamburg.</em> 17: 145-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10282260
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 30(2): 365-412., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000002/art00003
page(s): 392 [details]
Other
additional source
Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <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. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 163 [details]
page(s): 163 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
