Marine Species Traits - Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912

WoRMS taxon details

Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912

AphiaID

238752 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238752)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Doratopsis exophthalmica Chun, 1908 accepted as Planctoteuthis exopthalmica (Chun, 1908)

Parent

Chiroteuthidae Gray, 1849

Original name

Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912

Synonymised names

Valbyteuthis Joubin, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (5)

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Species Planctoteuthis danae (Joubin, 1931)
Species Planctoteuthis exopthalmica (Chun, 1908)
Species Planctoteuthis levimana (Lönnberg, 1896)
Species Planctoteuthis lippula (Chun, 1908)
Species Planctoteuthis oligobessa (R. E. Young, 1972)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238752 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-04-24 12:11:34Z

created

Vandepitte, Leen

2016-06-05 01:28:00Z

changed

Finn, Julian

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Valbyteuthis Joubin, 1931) Joubin, L. (1931). Notes préliminaires sur les céphalopodes des croisières du Dana (1921–1922). 3e partie. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris (n.s.).</em> 10 (7): 169–211. [details]

basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <em>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.</em> pp. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 143 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Planctoteuthis)
To Genbank (from synonym Valbyteuthis Joubin, 1931)
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