Japetella
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Martinez, Olga
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-31
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Japetella Hoyle, 1885
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Japetella Hoyle, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137695 on 2026-08-31
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2020-01-28T19:00:35Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Japetella Hoyle, 1885
class: Cephalopoda
family: Amphitretidae
genus: Japetella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 5, 15:222-236.
name published in year: 1885
order: Octopoda
parent name usage ID: 742052
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Hoyle, 1885
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted