Taxonomy Profile: Opisthoteuthis (Verrill 1883)

Opisthoteuthis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus)
Berry 1918
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Opisthoteuthis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Cephalopoda
octopuses |
squids |
cefalopode |
lula |
náutilo |
polvo |
calmars |
encornets |
pieuvres |
poulpes |
Subclass : Coleoidea
Superorder : Octobrachia
Order : Octopoda
Suborder : Cirrina
Opisthoteuthis Direct Children(s):
Opisthoteuthis agassizii
(Verrill 1883)
Opisthoteuthis pluto
(Berry 1918)
Opisthoteuthis depressa
(Ijima and Ikeda 1895)
Opisthoteuthis vossi
(Sanchez and Guerra 1989)
Opisthoteuthis extensa
(Thiele in Chun 1915)
Opisthoteuthis medusoides
(Thiele in Chun 1915)
Opisthoteuthis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Michael J. Sweeney
Notes:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Opisthoteuthis
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Opisthoteuthis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Verrill, A. E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1883-01-01 / 1883-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Supplementary report on the "Blake" Cephalopods.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 11 (5)
Page(s):
105-115
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Year 1883a. 3 plates.
Reference for:
Opisthoteuthis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Voss, G. L. / M. R. Clarke and E. R. Trueman, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1988-01-01 / 1988-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Evolution and phylogenetic relationships of deep-sea octopods (Cirrata and Incirrata)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Mollusca, Volume 12, Paleontology and Neontology of Cephalopoda
Page(s):
355
Publisher:
Academic Press
Publication Place:
San Diego, CA, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Opisthoteuthis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)
Page(s):
561-599
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, D. C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Opisthoteuthis
Opisthoteuthis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Opisthoteuthis: Comments
Comment:
Taxon Validity: [fide Voss (1988b:267)]. Type species: Opisthoteuthis agassizi Verrill, 1883 by monotypy