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

Octopoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OctopoteuthisRüppell, 1844accepted genus name

Species group names

Ancistrocheirus megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1885 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. 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. 262-268.

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885). 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:342060

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2023-06-18 by Kurt Auffenberg

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