Marine Species Traits - Lycoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900

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Lycoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900

AphiaID

341441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341441)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lycoteuthis jattai Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Lycoteuthinae Pfeffer, 1908

Parent

Lycoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908

Original name

Lycoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900

Synonymised names

Asthenoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)

Leptodontoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Oregoniateuthis G. L. Voss, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)

Thaumatolampas Chun, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875)
Species Lycoteuthis springeri (G. L. Voss, 1956)
Species Lycoteuthis diadema Chun, 1900 accepted as Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875) (synonym)
Species Lycoteuthis jattai Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Lycoteuthis lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Pfeffer, G. (1900). Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen in Hamburg. 17: 145-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10282260
page(s): 161 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lycoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341441 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-27 06:45:57Z

created

Decock, Wim

2011-02-14 15:00:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-11 12:06:28Z

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Finn, Julian

2021-12-30 01:00:47Z

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Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Pfeffer, G. (1900). Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen in Hamburg. 17: 145-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10282260
page(s): 161 [details]

original description (of Oregoniateuthis G. L. Voss, 1956) Voss, G. L. (1956). A review of the cephalopods of the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean. 6(2): 85-178., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1956/00000006/00000002/art00001 [details]

original description (of Asthenoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912) Pfeffer, G. (1912). Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. 2 (F.a.): 1-815., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3630365
page(s): 172 [details]

basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Lycoteuthidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 241-246., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 242 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	Jewel wondertorch squidFirefly squid	[details]
Russian	Ликотеутис	[details]

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