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 borealis M. A. Collins, 2005

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OpisthoteuthisA. E. Verrill, 1883accepted genus name
Cirroteuthopsis Grimpe, 1920 synonym

Literature

original description

Collins M.A. (2005). Opisthoteuthis borealis: a new species of cirrate octopod from Greenland waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 1475-1479

basis of record

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

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthis borealis M. A. Collins, 2005. 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:342091

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2023-08-13 by Philippe Bouchet

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