Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Argonautoidea > Family Alloposidae

Haliphron Steenstrup, 1859

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alloposina*	Grimpe, 1922	synonym
*Alloposus*	A. E. Verrill, 1880	synonym
*Heptapus*	Joubin, 1929	synonym

Children

Alloposina albatrossi G. C. Robson, 1932
Alloposus albatrossi (G. C. Robson, 1932)
Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861

Literature

original description	Steenstrup, J. (1859). Prof. Stp. gav en meddelelse om to nye cephalopodslaegter Bolitaena og Haliphron. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjobennavn. 1858:183.
basis of record	Finn J.K. (2014). Family Alloposidae. pp. 225-228, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Haliphron Steenstrup, 1859. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137643