Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Bathyteuthida > Superfamily Bathyteuthoidea > Family Chtenopterygidae > Genus Chtenopteryx

Chtenopteryx canariensis Salcedo-Vargas & Guerrero-Kommritz, 2000

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chtenopteryx*	Appellöf, 1890	accepted genus name
*Ctenopteryx*	[sic]	synonym

Literature

original description	Salcedo-Vargas, M. A., & Gurrero-Kommritz, J. (2000). Three new cephalopods from the Atlantic Ocean. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 97: 31-44.
basis of record	Salcedo-Vargas, Mario Alejandro and Richard E. Young. 2001. Chtenopteryx canariensis Salcedo-Vargas and Guerrero-Kommritz 2000. Dark combfin squid. Version 31 October 2001 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Chtenopteryx_canariensis/19439/2001.10.31 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
additional source	Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chtenopterigidae. 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. 146-147.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chtenopteryx canariensis Salcedo-Vargas & Guerrero-Kommritz, 2000. 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:410341