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

Histioteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Histiopsis*	Hoyle, 1885	junior homonym
*Calliteuthis*	A. E. Verrill, 1880	synonym
*Lolidona*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Meleagroteuthis*	Pfeffer, 1900	synonym

Children

Histioteuthis bonnellii (A. Férussac, 1834)
Histioteuthis celetaria (G. L. Voss, 1960)
Histioteuthis corona (N. A. Voss & G. L. Voss, 1962)
Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis (Chun, 1910)
Histioteuthis reversa (A. E. Verrill, 1880)

Literature

original description	Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière.
basis of record	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.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Histioteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841. 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:138074