WoRMS taxon details
Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932)
394999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394999)
accepted
Species
Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934) · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiroteuthis capensis G. L. Voss, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932) Joubin, L. (1932). Note sur l'appareil reproducteur d'un céphalopode nouveau: Chiropsis mega. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 57: 288–291.
page(s): 289 [details]
page(s): 289 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394999 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiroteuthis capensis G. L. Voss, 1967) Voss, G. L. (1967). Some bathypelagic cephalopods from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 50(5): 61-88. [details]
original description (of Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932) Joubin, L. (1932). Note sur l'appareil reproducteur d'un céphalopode nouveau: Chiropsis mega. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 57: 288–291.
page(s): 289 [details]
basis of record Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
original description (of Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932) Joubin, L. (1932). Note sur l'appareil reproducteur d'un céphalopode nouveau: Chiropsis mega. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 57: 288–291.
page(s): 289 [details]
basis of record Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 139 [details]
additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425.
page(s): 410 [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 139 [details]
additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425.
page(s): 410 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chiroteuthis capensis G. L. Voss, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiroteuthis mega)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
TOLWeb (from synonym Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934))
TOLWeb
TOLWeb (from synonym Chiroteuthis capensis G. L. Voss, 1967)
TOLWeb (from synonym Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chiroteuthis capensis G. L. Voss, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiroteuthis mega)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
TOLWeb (from synonym Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934))
TOLWeb
TOLWeb (from synonym Chiroteuthis capensis G. L. Voss, 1967)
TOLWeb (from synonym Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934)
To ITIS
