WoRMS taxon details

Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903

141887  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141887)

accepted
Species
Melanoteuthis anderseni Joubin, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melanoteuthis beebei G. C. Robson, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoteuthis lucens Joubin, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melanoteuthis schmidti Joubin, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Retroteuthis pacifica Joubin, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Watasella nigra Sasaki, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Chun, C. (1902-1903). Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. Schilderungen von der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Mit 6 Chromolithographien, 8 Heliogravüren, 32 als Tafeln gedruckten Vollbildern, 3 Karten und 482 Abbiludingen im Text. Zweite umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. <em>Jena, G. Fischer.</em> ix + 592 pp., 46 pls., 3 maps., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14876
page(s): 88 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan  
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141887 on 2024-12-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description Chun, C. (1902-1903). Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. Schilderungen von der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Mit 6 Chromolithographien, 8 Heliogravüren, 32 als Tafeln gedruckten Vollbildern, 3 Karten und 482 Abbiludingen im Text. Zweite umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. <em>Jena, G. Fischer.</em> ix + 592 pp., 46 pls., 3 maps., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14876
page(s): 88 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cirroteuthis macrope S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Preliminary notices of some new Pacific cephalopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 40(1838):589-592., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845891
page(s): 589 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] 

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  PDF available [request]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

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] 

additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Vampyroteuthidae. pp. 268-270, 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): 269 [details] 

additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425.
page(s): 419 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]

Habitat Bathypelagic [details]

Habitat oceanic, meso-bathypelagic [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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English vampire squid  [details]
German Vampirkalmar  [details]
Japanese コウモリダコ  [details]