Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Cirrata > Superfamily Cirroteuthoidea > Family Stauroteuthidae > Genus Stauroteuthis

Stauroteuthis syrtensis A. E. Verrill, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stauroteuthis*	A. E. Verrill, 1879	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. American Journal of Science and Arts. 3: 17-309.
basis of record	Collins, M.A.; Henriques, C. (2000). A revision of the family Stauroteuthidae (Octopoda: Cirrata) with redescriptions of Stauroteuthis syrtensis and S. gilchristi. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80(4): 685-697
additional source	Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Stauroteuthidae. pp. 266-267, 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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stauroteuthis syrtensis A. E. Verrill, 1879. 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:153122