Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Vampyromorpha > Family Vampyroteuthidae > Genus Vampyroteuthis

Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vampyroteuthis*	Chun, 1903	accepted genus name
*Danateuthis*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Hansenoteuthis*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Melanoteuthis*	Joubin, 1912	synonym
*Retroteuthis*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Watasella*	Sasaki, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Cirroteuthis macrope*	S. S. Berry, 1911	synonym
*Danateuthis schmidti*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Hansenoteuthis lucens*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Melanoteuthis anderseni*	Joubin, 1931	synonym
*Melanoteuthis beebei*	G. C. Robson, 1929	synonym
*Melanoteuthis lucens*	Joubin, 1912	synonym
*Melanoteuthis schmidti*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Retroteuthis pacifica*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Watasella nigra*	Sasaki, 1920	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: Vampirkalmar 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.

Japanese: コウモリダコ

Literature

original description	Chun, C. (1902-1903). Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. Schilderungen von der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Mit 6 Chromolithographien, 8 Heliogravüren, 32 als Tafeln gedruckten Vollbildern, 3 Karten und 482 Abbiludingen im Text. Zweite umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. Jena, G. Fischer. ix + 592 pp., 46 pls., 3 maps.
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	Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. Invertebrate Systematics. 33: 402-425.
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	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.
additional source	Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Vampyroteuthidae. pp. 268-270, 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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903. 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:141887