Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Family Pyroteuthidae > Genus Pyroteuthis

Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyroteuthis*	Hoyle, 1904	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Enoploteuthis margaritifera*	Rüppell, 1844	basionym
*Pyroteuthis margaritifer*	(Rüppell, 1844)	orthographic variant
*Enoploteuthis margaritifera*	Rüppell, 1844	synonym
*Pyroteuthis margaritifer*	(Rüppell, 1844)	synonym
*Pyroteuthis mediterranea*	Pfeffer, 1912	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Μαργαριτοφόρο καλαμάρι

Literature

basis of record	Vecchione, M., C.F.E. Roper, Sweeney M.J. and C.C. Lu. 2001. Distribution, relative abundance, and developmental morphology of paralarval cephalopods in the western North Atlantic Ocean. NOAA Tech Rep. NMFS 152.
additional source	Young R.E., Burgess L.A., Roper C.F.E., Sweeney M.J. & Stephen S.J. (1998) Classification of the Enoploteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, and Ancistrocheiridae. Pp. 239-255, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
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

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G. (2014). Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844). 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:157031