Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Cirrata > Family Opisthoteuthidae

Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Cirroteuthopsis Grimpe, 1920 synonym

Children

Opisthoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1883
Opisthoteuthis borealis Collins, 2005
Opisthoteuthis calypso Villanueva, Collins, Sánchez & Voss, 2002
Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1903)
Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920)

Literature

taxonomy source

Villanueva, R.; Collins, M.A.; Sánchez, P.; Voss, N.A. (2002). Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 71(2): 933-985

taxonomy source

Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322.

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138294

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Occurrence

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Environment


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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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