WoRMS taxon details
Exsuperoteuthis Verhoeff, 2024
1765488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1765488)
accepted
Genus
Opisthoteuthis persephone S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Exsuperoteuthis persephone (S. S. Berry, 1918) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verhoeff, T. J. (2024). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 68: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.wij3l
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Etymology From the Latin exsupero, meaning to surpass or exceed, in reference to the far greater number of enlarged suckers on the...
Etymology From the Latin exsupero, meaning to surpass or exceed, in reference to the far greater number of enlarged suckers on the males compared to other members of Opisthoteuthidae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Exsuperoteuthis Verhoeff, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765488 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Verhoeff, T. J. (2024). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 68: 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.wij3l
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology From the Latin exsupero, meaning to surpass or exceed, in reference to the far greater number of enlarged suckers on the males compared to other members of Opisthoteuthidae. [details]
