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

Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii (A. Férussac [in A. Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ancistroteuthis*	Gray, 1849	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Onychoteuthis hamata*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Onychoteuthis lichtensteinii*	A. Férussac, 1835	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: angel squid sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

German: Engelskalmar sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Καλαμάρι άγγελος

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Onychoteuthidae. 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. 348-369.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii (A. Férussac [in A. Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1835). 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:140647