WoRMS taxon details
Pyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904
138423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138423)
accepted
Genus
Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844 accepted as Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844) (type by original designation)
Charibditeuthis Vivanti, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) Pfeffer, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Pyroteuthis addolux R. E. Young, 1972
- Species Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844)
- Species Pyroteuthis serrata Riddell, 1985
- Subgenus Pyroteuthis (Pterygioteuthis) accepted as Pterygioteuthis H. Fischer, 1896
- Subgenus Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Pyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904 (synonym)
- Species Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) mediterranea Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844) (synonym)
- Species Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) planctonica Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Pterygioteuthis giardi H. Fischer, 1896 (dubious synonym)
- Species Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) atlantica Pfeffer, 1912 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pyroteuthis margaritifer (Rüppell, 1844) accepted as Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844) (misspelling)
- Species Pyroteuthis mediterranea Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844) (synonym)
- Species Pyroteuthis planctonica Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Pterygioteuthis giardi H. Fischer, 1896 (dubious synonym)
- Subgenus Pyroteuthis (Ioteuthion) Pfeffer, 1912 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, developmental stage of Pterygioteuthis and Pyroteuthis)
- Species Pyroteuthis (Ioteuthion) schnehageni Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Pterygioteuthis gemmata Chun, 1908 (dubious synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138423 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Pyroteuthidae. <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. 379-383., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 379 [details]
page(s): 379 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Young R.E., Burgess L.A., Roper C.F.E., Sweeney M.J. & Stephen S.J. (1998) Classification of the Enoploteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, and Ancistrocheiridae. Pp. 239-255, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
