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Opisthoteuthis A.E.Verrill, 1883

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Verrill, A. E., 1883: Supplementary report on the "Blake" Cephalopods.. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 11 (5). 105-115.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Octopoda
family
Opisthoteuthidae
genus
Opisthoteuthis

Name

Synonyms
Cirroteuthopsis Grimpe, 1920
Opisthosteuthis Berry, 1918
Opistoteuthis Chun, 1903
Homonyms
Opisthoteuthis A.E.Verrill, 1883
Common names
Flapjack Devilfishes in English
Flapjack Octopuses in English
Pancake Devilfishes in English
メンダコ属 in Japanese
面蛸屬 in Chinese
メンダコ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 12
  3. CoL 2006
  4. Collins, M. A. & Villanueva, R. (2006). Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review.</em> 44: 277-322.
  5. Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
  6. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  9. Piertney et al., 2003
  10. SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001
  11. SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001
  12. Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599.
  13. Verrill, A. E. (1883). Supplementary report on the "Blake" cephalopods. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 11(5): 105-115.
  14. Verrill, A. E., 1883: Supplementary report on the "Blake" Cephalopods.. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 11 (5). 105-115.
  15. Villanueva, R.; Collins, M.A.; Sánchez, P.; Voss, N.A. (2002). Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus <i>Opisthoteuthis</i> (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci. 71(2)</i>: 933-985
  16. Voss, G. L. / M. R. Clarke and E. R. Trueman, eds., 1988: Evolution and phylogenetic relationships of deep-sea octopods (Cirrata and Incirrata). The Mollusca, Volume 12, Paleontology and Neontology of Cephalopoda. 355.
  17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  18. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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