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WoRMS name details

Callimachus Bolstad, 2010

AphiaID

550389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:550389)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Walvisteuthis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Onykia rancureli Okutani, 1981 accepted as Walvisteuthis rancureli (Okutani, 1981) (type by original designation)

Parent

Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847

Original name

Callimachus Bolstad, 2010

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Species Callimachus rancureli (Okutani, 1981) accepted as Walvisteuthis rancureli (Okutani, 1981)
Species Callimachus youngorum Bolstad, 2010 accepted as Walvisteuthis youngorum (Bolstad, 2010) (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Zootaxa 2696: 1-186.
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callimachus Bolstad, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550389 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-12-06 19:28:24Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-12-06 19:47:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-07-04 05:33:54Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-15 00:16:51Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Zootaxa 2696: 1-186.
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

source of synonymy Vecchione, M.; Sosnowski, A. & Young, R. E. (2015). Walvisteuthis jeremiahi n. sp. (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), an onychoteuthid squid from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 128(2): 164-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.164 [details] Available for editors

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