RAMS name details
Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881
325309 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325309)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Moroteuthis ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Onykia ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Moroteuthopsis ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881)
- Species Moroteuthis knipovitchi Filippova, 1972 accepted as Filippovia knipovitchi (Filippova, 1972) (original combination)
- Species Moroteuthis robsoni Adam, 1962 accepted as Onykia robsoni (Adam, 1962) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill A.E. (1881). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern coast of New England, N° 2. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3, 22: 292-303., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920959
page(s): 298 [details]
page(s): 298 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325309 on 2026-06-07
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325309 on 2026-06-07
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original description
Verrill A.E. (1881). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern coast of New England, N° 2. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3, 22: 292-303., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920959
page(s): 298 [details]
additional source Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <i>Zootaxa</i> 2696: 1-186., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2696.1.1
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Wakabayashi T., Kubodera T., Sakai M., Ichii T. & Chow S. (2007) Molecular evidence for synonymy of genera <i>Moroteuthis</i> and <i>Onykia</i> and identification of their paralarvae from northern Hawaiian waters. <i>J. Mar Biol Assoc UK</i> 87: 959–965., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407056196 [details]
page(s): 298 [details]
additional source Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <i>Zootaxa</i> 2696: 1-186., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2696.1.1
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Wakabayashi T., Kubodera T., Sakai M., Ichii T. & Chow S. (2007) Molecular evidence for synonymy of genera <i>Moroteuthis</i> and <i>Onykia</i> and identification of their paralarvae from northern Hawaiian waters. <i>J. Mar Biol Assoc UK</i> 87: 959–965., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407056196 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality