MolluscaBase - Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912

WoRMS name details

Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912

AphiaID

879897 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:879897)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ancistrocheirus megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Octopoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Octopoteuthidae S. S. Berry, 1912

Original name

Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879897 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-06-11 23:30:29Z

created

Finn, Julian

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

Nomenclature

basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. <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. 262-268., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
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