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

Chtenopteryx Appellöf, 1890

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ctenopteryx*	[sic]	synonym

Children

Chtenopteryx canariensis Salcedo-Vargas & Guerrero-Kommritz, 2000
Chtenopteryx sicula (Vérany, 1851)

Literature

original description	Appellöf A. (1890). Teuthologische Beiträge I. Chtenopteryx n. g., Veranya sicula Krohn, Calliteuthis Verrill. Bergens Museums Aarsberetning, (1889) 3: 1-34
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 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 Appellöf, 1890. 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:137785