Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Chiroteuthoidea > Family Chiroteuthidae > Genus Planctoteuthis

Planctoteuthis danae (Joubin, 1931)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Valbyteuthis Joubin, 1931

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Planctoteuthis*	Pfeffer, 1912	accepted genus name
*Valbyteuthis*	Joubin, 1931	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. 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. 135-145.
additional source	Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Planctoteuthis danae (Joubin, 1931). 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:342249