WoRMS name details
Megateuthus Hilgendorf, 1880
582588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582588)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Megateuthus martensii Hilgendorf, 1880 accepted as Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 (type by monotypy)
- Species Megateuthus martensii Hilgendorf, 1880 accepted as Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Hilgendorf, F. (1880). Uber Megatheutus martensii g. n., sp. n., einen riesigen Tintenfisch aus Japan. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> Sitzung vom 20. April 1880: 65-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8807293 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megateuthus Hilgendorf, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582588 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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Hilgendorf, F. (1880). Uber Megatheutus martensii g. n., sp. n., einen riesigen Tintenfisch aus Japan. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> Sitzung vom 20. April 1880: 65-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8807293 [details]
basis of record Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Architeuthidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. <em>pp. 121-123.</em> , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 121 [details]
basis of record Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Architeuthidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. <em>pp. 121-123.</em> , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 121 [details]
