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

Bathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle, 1885

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathyteuthis*	Hoyle, 1885	accepted genus name
*Benthoteuthis*	A. E. Verrill, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Benthoteuthis megalops*	A. E. Verrill, 1885	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Japanese: ナツメイカ

Literature

original description	Hoyle W.E. (1885). [in C. Wyville-Thomson & J. Murray, eds] The Cephalopoda. Report on the Scientific Results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Narrative. 1(1): 269-274.
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	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Bathyteuthidae. 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. 124-126.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle, 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:138848