Vampyroteuthis infernalis
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-01
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: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141887 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2018-02-07T16:28:10Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
class: Cephalopoda
family: Vampyroteuthidae
genus: Vampyroteuthis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Chun, C. (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. Jena, G. Fischer. ix + 592 pp., 46 pls., 3 maps.
name published in: Berry, S. S. (1911). Preliminary notices of some new Pacific cephalopods. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 40(1838):589-592.
name published in: Qiu, Dajun; Liu, Bilin; Guo, Yupei; Lakmini, Wijesooriya A.S.W.; Tan, Yehui; Li, Gang; Ke, Zhixin; Li, Kaizhi; Huang, Liangmin. (2024). Vampyroteuthis pseudoinfernalis sp. nov.: the second extant widespread deep sea squid species of Vampyromorpha (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea). Zoological Systematics. 49 (3): 246–257.
name published in ID: bhl.title.14876
name published in year: 1903
name published in year: 1911
name published in year: 2024
order: Vampyromorpha
parent name usage ID: 138623
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Chun, 1903
specific epithet: infernalis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted