UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Opisthoteuthoidea A. E. Verrill, 1896

URMO taxon details

Opisthoteuthoidea A. E. Verrill, 1896

AphiaID

1765494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1765494)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Cirrata

Original name

Opisthoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1896

Direct children (3)

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Family Cirroctopodidae M. A. Collins & Villenueva, 2006
Family Grimpoteuthidae O'Shea, 1999
Family Opisthoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1896

Environment

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

Original description

(of Opisthoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1896) Verrill, A. E. (1896). The Opisthoteuthidae, a remarkable new family of deep sea Cephalopoda, with remarks on some points in molluscan morphology. American Journal of Science. ser. 4, 2(7): 74-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40353964 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthoidea A. E. Verrill, 1896. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765494 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Opisthoteuthoidea A. E. Verrill, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765494 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2024-08-12 12:00:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)

original description (of Opisthoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1896) Verrill, A. E. (1896). The Opisthoteuthidae, a remarkable new family of deep sea Cephalopoda, with remarks on some points in molluscan morphology. American Journal of Science. ser. 4, 2(7): 74-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40353964 [details]

basis of record Verhoeff, T. J. (2023). The molecular phylogeny of cirrate octopods (Cephalopoda: Octopoda: Cirrata) using COI and 16S sequences. Folia Malacologica. 31(4): 175�196., available online at https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.031.026 [details]