WoRMS taxon details
Opisthoteuthis hardyi Villanueva, M. A. Collins, P. Sánchez & N. A. Voss, 2002
387695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387695)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Villanueva, R.; Collins, M.A.; Sánchez, P.; Voss, N.A. (2002). Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 71(2): 933-985 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Type locality contained in South Georgia
type locality contained in South Georgia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthis hardyi Villanueva, M. A. Collins, P. Sánchez & N. A. Voss, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387695 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Villanueva, R.; Collins, M.A.; Sánchez, P.; Voss, N.A. (2002). Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 71(2): 933-985 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Collins M.A., Laptikhovsky V. & Strugnell J.M. (2010) Expanded description of Opisthoteuthis hardyi based on new specimens from the Patagonian slope. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90(3): 605-611. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source 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. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]
additional source 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. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]





- Type locality
- type locality contained in South Georgia [details]