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(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Ancistroteuthis Gray, 1849:55.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Naef (1923:326)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onychoteuthis lichtensteini Ferussac, 1835 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848, species first mentioned

Chaunoteuthis Appellof, 1891:3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818 [fide Arkhipkin and Nigmatullin (1997:861)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Chaunoteuthis mollis Appellof, 1891 by monotypy

Kondakovia Filippova, 1972:395.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:285)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Kondakovia longimana Filippova, 1972 by monotypy

Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881b:298.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:283)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Ommastrephes robustus Verrill, 1876 by original designation

Moroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1908a:295.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881 [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:283)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onychoteuthis ingens Smith, 1881 by original designation

Notonykia Nesis, Roeleveld and Nikitina, 1998:154.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Nesis (2000:274)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Notonykia africanae Nesis, Roeleveld and Nikitina, 1998 by monotypy

Onychia Latreille, 1825 [fide Gray (1849)]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Proposed as emendation of Onykia; Preoccupied in Lepidoptera; = Onykia Lesueur, 1821
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821

Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818:1591.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:278)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818 by original designation; synonym of Loligo banksii Leach, 1817 [fide Hoyle (1910b:411)]

Onykia Lesueur, 1821:98.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:282)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 by monotypy

Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884:16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia Lesueur, 1821 [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:278)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Steenstrupiola chilensis Pfeffer, 1884 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910b:413)]

Teleonychoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900:158.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818 [fide Nesis (1987a:183)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onychoteuthis krohnii Verany, 1851 by monotypy

Teleoteuthis Verrill, 1882a:280.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818 [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:278)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 by original designation

Walvisteuthis Nesis and Nikitina, 1986

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fideTree of Life, www]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis and Nikitina, 1986, by monotypy

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Moroteuthis aequatorialis Thiele, 1920:442, pls 53-54.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:285)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-110000 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:271)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 0°16'N, 18°07'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Onychoteuthis aequimanus Gabb, 1868:23, pl 2, fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Voss (1962e:2)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP A6444 Syntypes (2) (previous no. 74028) [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:1)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Society Islands (South Pacific Ocean)

Notonykia africanae Nesis, Roeleveld and Nikitina, 1998:154, figs 1-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (2000:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SAM Holotype S3414
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off South-Western Cape, South Africa (33o42'S, 17o20'E)

Teleoteuthis (Onychia) agilis Verrill, 1885a:400, pl 42 figs 2-2a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 [fide Voss (1956:126)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 40129 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 36°05'30"N, 69°51'45"W (Atlantic Ocean)

Onykia angulatus Lesueur, 1821:100, pl 9 fig 3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Pfeffer (1912:70)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 3-1-628 and 3-1-643 (gladius) [fide Lu et al. (1995:310)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Grand Ocean [Pacific Ocean]

Teleoteuthis appellofi Pfeffer, 1900:157, 158.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Onykia appellofi [fide Voss (1956:128)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean

Steenstrupiola atlantica Pfeffer, 1884:17, figs 21-21a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 [fide Clarke (1966:150)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Syntypes [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean

Loligo banksii Leach, 1817b:141.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Onychoteuthis banksii [fide D'Orbigny (1845:386) In 1845-1847]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1986266 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:106)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated; Gulf of Guinea [fide Leach (1818:395)]

Loligo bartlingii Lesueur, 1821:95, pl 10.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide D'Orbigny (1845:386) In 1845-1847]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Type; specimen not extant [fide Voss (1962e:1) and see Lu et al. (1995:311)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Onychoteuthis bellonii Lichtenstein, 1818:1592.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved [see also Lu et al. (1995:312)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818:1592.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Gray (1849:53)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Loligo bianconii Verany, 1847:514.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis sp. [fide Steenstrup (1880:100)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; MHNN? Holotype[?] [other taxa there fide G.L. Voss (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean

Onychia binotata Pfeffer, 1884:19, figs 24-24d.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 [fide Pfeffer (1912:49)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Syntypes (4) [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean (1); Layas-Insel (3)

Onychoteuthis borealijaponicus Okada, 1927a:7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Onychoteuthis borealijaponica [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:279)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved [fide Kubodera et al. (1998)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Japan

Onychoteuthis brachyptera Pfeffer, 1884:20, fig 26.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Nesis et al. (1998:154)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Nesis et al. (1998:154)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Chile

Onychoteuthis brevimanus Gould, 1852:483, fig 596.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) [fide Unresolved]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Johnson (1964:32)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 120 miles west of Tutuila, Samoa Islands

Loligo cardioptera Lesueur and Petit, 1807:pl 30 fig 5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 [fide Steenstrup (1880:96)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 3-2-647 [fide Lu et al. (1995:313)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Teleoteuthis caroli Joubin, 1900:64, pl 11 figs 2-10.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Pfeffer (1912:71)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Syntypes (3) [station 760] [fide Belloc (1950:4)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Gascogne (from stomach of tuna)

Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821:98, pl 9 figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987a:188)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Voss (1962e:1) and see Lu et al. (1995:313)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Stream

Steenstrupiola chilensis Pfeffer, 1884:16, figs 20-20a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Nesis et al. (1998:154)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Syntypes (2); specimens not extant [fide Nesis et al. (1998:154)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Chile

Teleoteuthis compacta Berry, 1913b:565.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Onychoteuthis compacta [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:279)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214381 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:12)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Kauai Island, Hawaiian Islands

Onychia curta Pfeffer, 1884:19, figs 25-25b.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sytematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Syntypes (2) [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Banda-See; Whytootake

Onychoteuthis dussumieri D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:335, Onychoteuthe pl 13
[fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:101); taxon dated from plate]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Nesis and Nikitina (1990:46)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:315)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Grand Ocean, 200 leagues north of Mauritius [fide Lu et al. (1995:315)]

Loligo felina Blainville, 1823:127.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide D’Orbigny (1845:386) In 1845-1847]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:316)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Baie des Chiens Marins, New Holland [Shark Bay, Australia]

Onychoteuthis fleuryi Reynaud, 1831a:61, pl 17.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Adam (1952:77)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:316)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean

Onychoteuthis fusiformis Gabb, 1862:171.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Adam (1952:77)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape Horn?

Onychoteuthis hamatus Risso, 1854:35, pl 16, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii (Ferussac, 1835 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848) [fide Adam (1942:15)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; MHNN?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Over gravel in spring and summer [?Nice]

Onykia indica Okutani, 1981:159, figs 10-14.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- ?Moroteuthis aequatorialis Thiele, 1920 [fide Nesis (1987a:193)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-59493 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 11°34'S, 109°46'E (Indian Ocean) (from lancetfish stomach)

Onychoteuthis ingens Smith, 1881:25, pl 3 figs 1-1d.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Moroteuthis ingens [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:283)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1880.10.8.1 (head only) [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Port Riofrio, West coast of Patagonia

Teleoteuthis intermedia Pfeffer, 1912:68, pl 2 figs 1-6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Nesis et al. (1998:154)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype; no longer extant [fide Guerrero-Kommritz (2001:174)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 38°S, 54°W (Southwest Atlantic Ocean)

Onykia japonica Taki, 1964:278, text-figs 1-10, pl 1 fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Moroteuthis robusta (Verrill, 1876) [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1992:141)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- YTKC Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Western part of Tosa Bay to Bungo Channel, Japan

Teleoteuthis jattai Joubin, 1900:67, pls 10, 15.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia carribaea Lesueur, 1821 [fide Clarke (1966:150)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Syntypes (2) [station 812]; not extant in the collections [fide Belloc (1950:4)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Southwest of Madeira, 31°04'N, 27°11'W

Onychoteuthis kamtschatica Middendorff, 1849:515, pl 12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Gonatus kamtschaticus [fide Nesis (1987a:200)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Schumschu Island, Kurile Islands

Moroteuthis knipovitchi Filippova, 1972:392, figs 2-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:283)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMMGU Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- near South Georgia Island

Onychoteuthis krohnii Verany, 1847:513.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Adam (1952:77)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; MHNN Holotype? [fide G.L. Voss (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean

Loligo laticeps Owen, 1836:20. [see Owen (1842:pl 21 figs 6-12)]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 [fide Steenstrup (1880:96)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons? Syntypes (4)
[fide Owen (1842:103)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- In Sargasso weed at 29°17'N, 46°57'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Onychoteuthis leachii D'Orbigny, 1835 In Ferussac and Orbigny, 1834-1848:333, Onycho. pl 10 figs 1-4
[fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:102); taxon dated from plate]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sytematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:318)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Onychoteuthis lessonii Ferussac, 1830 In Lesson, 1830-1831:241, pl 1 fig 3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Ferussac and D'Orbigny (1834-1848:302).
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:319)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Grand Ocean, Peru to Societe Islands

Enoploteuthis lesueurii D'Orbigny, 1842 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:339, Onychoteuthe pl 14
[fide Bello (1992:142)]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Ancistrocheirus lesueuri [fide Gray (1849:50)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype 2-14-614, 2-14-615 (gladius), 2-14-616 (beaks) [fide Lu et al. (1995:319)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Onychoteuthis lesueurii D'Orbigny, 1835 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:330, Onychoteuthe, pl 4
[fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:102); taxon dated from plate]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide D'Orbigny (1848:330 In Ferussac and
D'Orbigny, 1834-48)] [see also Bello (1992)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype 3-1-628 and 3-1-643 (gladius) [fide Lu et al. (1995:319)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Grand Ocean

Onychoteuthis lichtensteini Ferussac, 1835 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:334, Onychoteuthe, pls 8, 14
[fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:102); authorship and taxon dated from plate 8]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini [fide Voss (1956:130)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 3-1-620, 3-1-621 (gladius), 3-1-619 (beak) [fide Lu et al. (1995:319)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean, near Nice France

Onychoteuthis lobipennis Dall, 1871:96. [unpublished plate]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Adam (1952:77)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved [original Dall water-color plate in NMNH library]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near San Francisco [37°22'N, 140°10'E]

Kondakovia longimana Filippova, 1972:395, figs 4-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:285)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMMGU Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- North of South Orkney Islands

Moroteuthis lonnbergii Ishikawa and Wakiya, 1914:445, pls 45-46.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:283)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; Syntypes [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:283)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sagami Bay, Japan

Onychoteuthis meridiopacifica Rancurel and Okutani, 1990:25, figs 1-6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:280)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-67008 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 21°15'S, 155°11.5'E (Pacific Ocean) (from lancetfish stomach)

Onychoteuthis molinae Lichtenstein, 1818:1592, pl 19.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Adam (1952:77)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; new name for Sepia unguiculata of Molina (1782:199)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality unresolved

Chaunoteuthis mollis Appellof, 1891:3, pls 1-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Arkhipkin and Nigmatullin (1997:861)
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUB Type [fide Hoyle (1910b:408)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean Sea [fide Pfeffer (1912:91)]

Moroteuthis pacifica Okutani, 1983a:105, text-figs 1-10, pl 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Moroteuthis robusta (Verrill, 1876) [fide Tsuchiya and Okutani (1992:141)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype 61210 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 40°51N, 148°07'W (Pacific Ocean)

Onychoteuthis peratoptera D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:39, pl 3 figs 5-7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen dubium [fide Pfeffer (1912:66)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:322)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Juan Fernandez Island, Chile, 33°56'S [fide Lu et al. (1995:322)]

Onychoteuthis perlatus Risso, 1854:37, pl 17 figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum; = Chiroteuthis veranyi (Ferussac, 1834) [fide Adam (1952:111)]

Loligo plagioptera Souleyet, 1852:24, pl 2 figs 14-22.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 [fide Clarke (1966:149)] and Octopodidae (MNHN 3-2-649) [fide Lu et al. (1995)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntypes (2) 3-2-648 and 3-2-649 [fide Lu et al. (1995:323)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 29°N, 37°W of Paris (Atlantic Ocean)

Onychoteuthis platyptera D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:41, pl 3 figs 8-11.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen dubium [fide Pfeffer (1912:66)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:323)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off coast of Chile, 40°S and 85°W of Paris.

Onykia rancureli Okutani, 1981:155, figs 1-9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Walvisteuthis rancureli Okutani, 1981 [fide Tree of Life]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-59489 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 7°51'S, 88°02'30"E (Indian Ocean) (from lancetfish stomach)

Onychoteuthis raptor Owen, 1881:148, pl 29.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Adam (1952:77)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; Holotype [Royal College of Surgeon, London?]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Moroteuthis robsoni Adam, 1962:24, text-figs 2-3, pl 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:284)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved [fide Kubodera et al. (1998:284)]; IRSNB?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 16°35.6'S, 11°19.5'E (Atlantic Ocean)

Ommastrephes robusta Verrill, 1876:237.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Moroteuthis robusta [fide Verrill (1881b:393)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 576952 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:12)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Aleutian Islands, Pacific Ocean

Onychoteuthis rutilus Gould, 1852:482, fig 595.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Adam (1952:77)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Johnson (1964:32)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Sydney, New South Wales [Australia]

Loligo uncinata Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 In 1824-1826:410, pl 66 fig 7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) [fide Pfeffer (1912:70)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:326)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated

Teleoteuthis verrilli Pfeffer, 1900:158.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Nesis et al. (1998:154)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Type; specimen(s) not extant [fide Nesis et al. (1998:154)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 46°S, 147°E (SW Pacific Ocean)

Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis and Nikitina, 1986

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species status uncertain [fide Tree of Life, www]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMMGU
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 33° 06'S, 02°7'E, near the Walvis Ridge in the eastern South Atlantic

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Type Repositories

ANSP -- Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th & The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A. [Voss (1962e)]

BMNH -- The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England. (formerly British Museum (Natural History)). [J.A. Freeman, pers. comm.]

IRSNB -- Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1040

MHNN -- Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.

MNHN -- Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France. [Lu et al. (1995)]

MOM -- Musee Oceanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, Monaco. [Belloc (1950)]

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

NSMT -- National Science Museum, 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan. [Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993)]

SAM -- South African Museum, Government Avenue, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.

YTKC -- Private collection of the late Dr. Iwao Taki stored at the home of Dr. Yoshio Taki, Kyoto City, Japan. [fide T. Okutani, pers. comm.].

ZMB -- Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-1040 Berlin, Germany.

ZMH -- Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Martin Luther King Platz 3, 2000 Hamburg 13, Germany.

ZMMGU -- Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, u1. Gensena 6, Moscow, Russia.

ZMUB -- Zoological Museum, Universitetet i Bergen, Museplass 3, 5000 Bergen, Norway.

References

Adam, W.1942. Notes sure les Cephalopodes, XXI.- A propos d'une publication peu connue de A. Risso, 1854. Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 18(25):1-36.

Adam, W. 1952. Cephalopodes. Expedition Oceanographique Belge dans les Eaux Cotieres Africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949), Resultats scientifiques, 3(3):1-142.

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