Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Oegopsida incertae sedis > Family Histioteuthidae > Genus Histioteuthis

Histioteuthis reversa (A. E. Verrill, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Histioteuthis*	A. d'Orbigny, 1841	accepted genus name
*Histiopsis*	Hoyle, 1885	junior homonym
*Calliteuthis*	A. E. Verrill, 1880	synonym
*Lolidona*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Meleagroteuthis*	Pfeffer, 1900	synonym

Species group names

*Histioteuthis elongatus*	(N. A. Voss & G. L. Voss, 1962)	orthographic variant
*Calliteuthis elongata*	N. A. Voss & G. L. Voss, 1962	synonym
*Calliteuthis meneghinii*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym
*Calliteuthis reversa*	A. E. Verrill, 1880	synonym
*Histioteuthis elongata*	(N. A. Voss & G. L. Voss, 1962)	synonym
*Histioteuthis reversus*	(A. E. Verrill, 1880)	synonym
*Stigmatoteuthis verrilli*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: jewel squid; reverse jewell squid sources: Bermuda Biodiversity Database;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Greek: Καλαμάρι στέμμα

Literature

basis of record	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Histioteuthidae. 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. 223-236.
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.
additional source	Voss, N. A., Nesis, K. N. & Rodhouse, P. G. (1998). The cephalopod family Histioteuthidae (Oegopsida): Systematics, biology, and biogeography. In: Voss, N. A., Vecchione, M., Toll, R. B. & Sweeney, M. J. eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 2, 586: 293-372.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Histioteuthis reversa (A. E. Verrill, 1880). 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:181381