Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Octopoteuthoidea > Family Lepidoteuthidae

Lepidoteuthis Joubin, 1895

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895

Literature

original description	Joubin, L. (1895). Céphalopodes recueilles dans l'estomac d'un cachalot, capture aux Iles Açores. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 121: 1172–1174.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Lepidoteuthidae. 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. pp. 239-240.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidoteuthis Joubin, 1895. 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:138115