Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Cirrata > Superfamily Opisthoteuthoidea > Family Opisthoteuthidae > Genus Opisthoteuthis

Opisthoteuthis agassizii A. E. Verrill, 1883

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opisthoteuthis*	A. E. Verrill, 1883	accepted genus name
*Cirroteuthopsis*	Grimpe, 1920	synonym

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1883). Supplementary report on the "Blake" cephalopods. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 11(5): 105-115.
basis of record	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. 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	Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322.
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. Opisthoteuthis agassizii A. E. Verrill, 1883. 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:140652