Taxa Associated with the Family Octopoteuthidae Berry, 1912

(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Cucioteuthus [Cucioteuthis] Steenstrup, 1882:164.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Taningia Joubin, 1931 [fide Clark (1966:190)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Sepia unguiculata Molina, 1782 by monotypy

Octopodoteuthis Krohn, 1845:49, figs a-f.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Octopoteuthis Ruppell, 1844 [Unjustified emendation; see Roper et al. (1969:7)]

Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912:222.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Octopoteuthis Ruppell, 1844 [fide Robson (1948)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Ancistrochirus megaptera Verrill, 1885 by monotypy

Octopoteuthis Ruppell, 1844:134.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Roper et al. (1969:7)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Octopoteuthis sicula Ruppell, 1844 by monotypy

Taningia Joubin, 1931:181.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Roper and Vecchione (1993:441)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Taningia danae Joubin, 1931 by monotypy

Verania Krohn, 1847:39.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Octopoteuthis Ruppell, 1844 [fide Roper et al. (1969:7)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Octopoteuthis sicula Ruppell, 1844 by monotypy

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Octopodoteuthis sicula atlantica Grimpe, 1922:46.

Nomen nudum.

Octopodoteuthis danae Joubin, 1931:185, text-figs 17-18.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Octopoteuthis danae [fide Nesis (1987:182)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:221)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 35∞15'N, 68∞20'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Taningia danae Joubin, 1931:181, text-figs 11-16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Roper and Vecchione (1993:441)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:221)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 14∞52'N, 28∞04'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Octopodoteuthis indica Naef, 1923:336.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Octopoteuthis indica [fide Unresolved]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMB? Holotype [Chun, 1910:pl 17, figs 3-4, 9] [species not traced in Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Agulhas Current [off South Africa]

Octopodoteuthis longiptera Akimushkin, 1963:177.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Young (1972:42)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. – Type lost [fide K. Nesis (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 20∞S, 25∞W (sperm whale stomach)

Octopodoteuthis sicula mediterranea Grimpe, 1922:46.

Nomen nudum.

Ancistrocheirus megaptera Verrill, 1885:399, pl 42 fig 1-1a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Octopoteuthis megaptera [fide Voss (1956:125)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 40128; specimen not extant [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:9)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39∞12'N, 72∞03'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Octopodoteuthis nielseni Robson, 1948:120, text-figs 2-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Octopoteuthis nielseni [fide Nesis (1987:183)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntypes (2) 1947.7.7.10 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:108)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Coccos Islands

Octopodoteuthis persica Naef, 1923:337.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Questionable species; unavailable as senior synonym of Taningia danae Joubin, 1931 [fide ICZN (1994) Opinion 1768]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMB? Holotype [Chun, 1910:pl 17, figs 1-2, 7-8] [species not traced in Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Aden

Sepia unguiculata Molina, 1782:199.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Taningia danae Joubin, 1931 [fide Clarke (1966:190)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated [Chile; fide Molina (1789)]

Type Repositories

BMNH-The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History)).† [For type catalog see Lipinski et al. (2000)]

NMNH-National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM).† [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988)]

ZMB- Zoologisches Museum, Museum f¸r Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-1040 Berlin, Germany.† [For type catalog see Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]

ZMUC-Kobenhavns Universitet, Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.† [For type catalog see Kristensen and Knudsen (1983); See also Volsoe et al. (1962) for Steenstrup papers]

References

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Berry, S.S. 1912.  A catalogue of Japanese Cephalopoda.  Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(2):380-444, 5 plates.

Chun, C. 1910.  Die Cephalopoden. Oegopsida.  Wissenschaftliche eregebnisse der deutschen tiefsee expedition auf dem dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 18(1):1-401, 32 figures, 2 text-plates, atlas of 61 plates.

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