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

Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: giant squids sources: Cutler, E.B. (1966). Sipunculids of Madagascar. Cah. ORSTOM Ocean. 3: 50-xx.

German: Riesenkalmare

Literature

original description	Steenstrup, J. (1857). Oplysninger om Atlanterhavets colossale Blaeksprutter. Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres. 7 (1856): 182-185.
basis of record	Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Architeuthidae. 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. 121-123.
taxonomy source	Winkelmann I., Campos P.F., Strugnell J., Cherel Y., Smith P.J., Kubodera T., Allcock L., Kampmann M.-L., Schroeder H., Guerra A., Norman M., Finn J., Ingrao D., Clarke M. & Gilbert T.P. (2013) Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 280: 20130273.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857. 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:156850