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WoRMS taxon detailsGrimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
157020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157020)
accepted
Species
Cirrhoteuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling)
Cirroteuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine,
Not documented
Type locality contained in North West Atlantic
type locality contained in North West Atlantic [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Southeast of Long Island
Distribution Western Atlantic: Southeast of Long Island [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157020 on 2025-05-28
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Cirroteuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444 page(s): 405 [details] Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322. page(s): 299 [details] additional source Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, 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): 259 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Southeast of Long Island [details]Habitat bathyal to abyssal [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cirrhoteuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cirroteuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885) To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS |
