Deep-Sea taxon details
Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
157020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157020)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157020 on 2025-05-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157020 on 2025-05-06
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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]
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
