WoRMS name details
Opisthoteuthis japonica Iw. Taki, 1962
342096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342096)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Taki, I. (1962). On species newly added to the fauna of Japanese Cephalopoda [in Japanese]. <em>Dobutsu-Gaku Zasshi [Zoological Magazine, Tokyo].</em> 71: 397-398. [details]
Type locality contained in Japan
type locality contained in Japan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthis japonica Iw. Taki, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342096 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Taki, I. (1962). On species newly added to the fauna of Japanese Cephalopoda [in Japanese]. <em>Dobutsu-Gaku Zasshi [Zoological Magazine, Tokyo].</em> 71: 397-398. [details]
basis of record Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]
basis of record Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Verhoeff, T. J. (2024). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 68: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.wij3l
page(s): 26, 34 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 26, 34 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 428 [details]
page(s): 428 [details]
Other
additional source
Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Taki, I. (1963). On four newly known species of Octopoda from Japan. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(1): 57-83., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/3/39982/20160520105848431727/JFacFishAnim_5_57.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Taki, I. (1963). On four newly known species of Octopoda from Japan. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(1): 57-83., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/3/39982/20160520105848431727/JFacFishAnim_5_57.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat neritic [details]
