Taxonomic Checklist
Phylum:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class)
Class: CEPHALOPODA
Subclass: COLEOIDA
Decapodiformes
Spirulida
SPIRULIDAE Owen, 1836
Spirula Lamarck, 1799 (Nautilus spirula Linnaeus, 1758) =Lituus Gray, 1847
spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) =australis Lamarck, =peronii Lamarck, =prototypos Péron, =prototypus Péron, =reticulata Owen K.A.C.F.M. photo
Sepiida
SEPIADARIIDAE P. Fischer, 1882
Sepioloidea d'Orbigny, 1845 (Sepiola lineolata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
SEPIOLIDAE: HETEROTEUTHINAE Appellöf, 1898
Stoloteuthis Verrill, 1881 (Sepiola leucoptera Verrill, 1878)
maoria (Dell, 1959) A.C.
Bathyteuthoidea Vecchione, Young & Sweeney, 2004
CHTENOPTERYGIDAE Grimpe, 1922
Chtenopteryx Appellöf, 1890 (Sepioteuthis sicula Vérany, 1851) =Ctenopteryx Appellöf, 1890
sicula (Vérany, 1851) =cyprinoides Joubin, =fimbriatus Appellöf, =nevroptera Jatta, =siculus Vérany
Myopsida
LOLIGINIDAE Lesueur, 1821
Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824 (Loligo sepiacea Blainville, 1824) =Chondrosepia Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
lessoniana Lesson, 1830 A.C.
Oegopsida
LYCOTEUTHIDAE Pfeffer, 1908
LYCOTEUTHIDAE: LYCOTEUTHINAE Pfeffer, 1908
Lycoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900 (L. jattai Pfeffer, 1900) =Asthenoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912, =Leptodontoteuthis Robson, 1926, =Oregoniateuthis Voss, 1956, =Thaumatolampas Chun, 1903
lorigera (Steenstrup, 1875) =diadema Chun, =inermis Robson, =jattai Pfeffer, =longimanus Steenstrup, =planctonicum Pfeffer A.C.F.
Nematolampas Berry, 1913 (N. regalis Berry, 1913)
regalis Berry, 1913 K.
Lampadioteuthis Berry, 1916 (L. megaleia Berry, 1916)
megaleia Berry, 1916 =megaleius Berry K.A.
ENOPLOTEUTHIDIDAE Pfeffer, 1900
Abralia Gray, 1849 (Onychoteuthis armatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) =Enoploion Pfeffer, 1912
astrolineata Berry, 1914 K.
Abraliopsis Joubin, 1896 (Enoploteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1884)
gilchristi (Robson, 1924) =neozelanica Dell A.C.
tui Riddell, 1985 A.C.
Enoploteuthis d'Orbigny, 1840 (E. leptura (Leach, 1817))
galaxias Berry, 1918 =diadema Imber not Chun A.C.
jonesi Burgess, 1982 K.
reticulata Rancurel, 1970 K.
ANCISTROCHEIRIDAE Pfeffer, 1912
Ancistrocheirus Gray, 1849 (Enoploteuthis lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1842) =Thelidioteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1842) K.A.C.
PYROTEUTHIDAE Pfeffer, 1912
Pterygioteuthis Fischer, 1896 (P. giardi Fischer, 1896) =Pyroteuthis (Pterygioteuthis) Fischer, 1896
gemmata Chun, 1908
hoylei (Pfeffer, 1912) K.A.
microlampas Berry, 1913 K.
Pyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904 (Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844) =Charibditeuthis Vivanti, 1912, =Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) Pfeffer, 1912
margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844) K.A.C.
serrata Riddell, 1985 K.
GONATIDAE Hoyle, 1886
Gonatus Gray, 1849 (Onychoteuthis amoena Möller, 1842) =Chiloteuthis Verrill [in 1880-1881], 1881
antarcticus Lönnberg, 1898 =fabricii Dell not Lichtenstein A.C.F.M.An.
LEPIDOTEUTHIDAE Pfeffer, 1912
Lepidoteuthis Joubin, 1895 (L. grimaldii Joubin, 1895) =Enoptroteuthis Berry, 1920
grimaldii Joubin, 1895 A.
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE Berry, 1912
Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1884 (O. sicula Rüppell, 1844) =Octopodoteuthis Krohn, 1845, =Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912, =Verania Krohn, 1847
megaptera (Verrill, 1885)
Taningia Joubin, 1931 (T. danae Joubin, 1931)
danae Joubin, 1931 A.An.
PHOLIDOTEUTHIDAE Adam, 1950
Pholidoteuthis Adam, 1950 (P. boschmai Adam, 1950)
massyae (Pfeffer, 1912) =boschmai Adam A.
ARCHITEUTHIDAE Pfeffer, 1900
Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 (A. dux Steenstrup, 1857) =Dinoteuthis More, 1875, =Dubioteuthis Joubin, 1900, =Megaloteuthis Kent, 1874, =Megateuthus Hilgendorf, 1880, =Mouchezis Vélain, 1877, =Plectoteuthis Owen, 1881, =Steenstrupia Kirk, 1882
dux Steenstrup, 1857 =clarkei G.C. Robson, =grandis Owen, =hartingii Verrill, =harveyi Kent, =japonica Pfeffer, =kirkii C.W. Robson, =longimanus Kirk, =martensii Hilgendorf, =monachus Steenstrup [in Harting], =nawaji Cadenat, =physeteris Joubin, =princeps Verrill, =proboscideus More, =sanctipauli Vélain, =stockii Kirk, =verrilli Kirk A.C.F.M.An.
HISTIOTEUTHIDAE Verrill, 1881
Histioteuthis d'Orbigny, 1841 (Cranchia bonnellii Férussac, 1834) =Calliteuthis Verrill, 1880, =Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885, =Histiothauma Robson, 1948, =Hoylia Cossmann, 1900, =Lolidona Risso, 1854, =Meleagroteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
atlantica (Hoyle, 1885) =cookiana Dell K.A.C.F.M.An.
bonnellii (Férussac, 1834) =corpuscula Clarke K.A.C.
eltaninae N. Voss, 1969 A.C.F.M.An.
macrohista N. Voss, 1969 C.F.M.
meleagroteuthis (Chun, 1910) K.A.
miranda (Berry, 1918) A.C.F.
hoylei (Goodrich, 1896) A.C.
OMMASTREPHIDAE Steenstrup, 1857
OMMASTREPHIDAE: OMMASTREPHINAE Steenstrup, 1857
Eucleoteuthis Berry, 1916 (Symplectoteuthis luminosa (Sasaki, 1915))
luminosa (Sasaki, 1915) K.
Hyaloteuthis Gray, 1849 (Sepia pelagica Bosc, 1802)
pelagica (Bosc, 1802) A.
Ommastrephes d'Orbigny, 1835 (Loligo bartramii Lesueur, 1821) =Cycria Leach in Gray, 1849, =Lolimnites Risso, 1854, =Ommatostrephes Lovén, 1845
bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) K.A.
Sthenoteuthis Verrill, 1880 (Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878) =Symplectoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830) A.
Martialia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (M. hyadesi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889)
hyadesi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 C.F.M.An.
Nototodarus Pfeffer, 1912 (Ommastrephes insignis Gould, 1852)
gouldi (McCoy, 1888) A.C.
sloanii (Gray, 1849) C.F.M.An.
Todarodes Steenstrup, 1880 (Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1798) =Sagittatus Risso, 1854
angolensis Adam, 1962 F.
filippovae Adam, 1975 =angolensis Nesis not Adam C.F.M.An.
CHIROTEUTHIDAE Gray, 1849
Asperoteuthis Nesis, 1980 (Chiroteuthis acanthoderma Lu, 1977)
lui Salcedo-Vargas, 1999 C.
Chiroteuthis d'Orbigny, 1839 (Loligopsis veranii Férussac, 1834) =Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934, =Chiropsis Joubin, 1932, =Diaphanoteuthis Tomlin, 1931, =Doratopsis Rochebrune, 1884, =Leptoteuthis A.E. Verrill, 1884
mega (Joubin, 1932) =atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, =capensis G. Voss An.
MASTIGOTEUTHIDIDAE Verrill, 1881
Idioteuthis Sasaki, 1916 (I. latipinna Sasaki, 1916)
cordiformis Chun, 1908 A.C.F.M.
Magnoteuthis Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994 (Mastigoteuthis magna Joubin, 1913) =Idioteuthis (Magnoteuthis) Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994
magna (Joubin, 1913)
Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881 (M. agassizii Verrill, 1881) =Chiroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1900
agassizii Verrill, 1881 A.C.
CRANCHIIDAE Prosch, 1847
CRANCHIIDAE: CRANCHIINAE Prosch, 1847
Cranchia Leach, 1817 (C. scabra Leach, 1817)
scabra Leach, 1817 K.A.An.
Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (L. cyclura Lesueur, 1821) =Drechselia Joubin, 1931, =Dyctydiopsis Rochebrune, 1884, =Perothis Rathke, 1835, =Pyrgopsis Rochebrune, 1884
rynchophorus (Rochebrune, 1884) =cyclura Imber not Lesueur, =pacificus Massy not Issel A.C.
Bathothauma Chun, 1906 (B. lyromma Chun, 1906) =Leucocranchia Joubin, 1912
lyromma Chun, 1906 K.An.
Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 (G. armata Joubin, 1898) =Crystalloteuthis Chun, 1906, =Phasmatoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912, =Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900
pacifica (Robson, 1948) =armata Imber not Joubin, =pacificum Robson K.A.
suhmi (Hoyle, 1885) =glacialis Imber not Chun A.F.An.
Helicocranchia Massy, 1907 (H. pfefferi Massy, 1907) =Ascocranchia Voss, 1962
pfefferi Massy, 1907
Liguriella Issel, 1908 (L. podophthalma Issel, 1908) =Vossoteuthis Nesis, 1974
pardus Berry, 1916 K.
podophthalma Issel, 1908 =pellucida Imber not Chun A.C.F.M.An.
Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 (M. maxima Pfeffer, 1884) =Carynoteuthis Voss, 1960, =Corynomma Chun, 1906, =Teuthowenia (Ascoteuthis) Berry, 1920
maxima Pfeffer, 1884 K.A.M.An.
Sandalops Chun, 1906 (S. melancholicus Chun, 1906) =Uranoteuthis Lu & Clarke, 1974
melancholicus Chun, 1906 K.A.
Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 (Loligo pavo Lesueur, 1821) =Belonella Lane, 1957, =Belonella (pacifica) Nesis, 1972, =Desmoteuthis Verrill, 1881, =Toxeuma Chun, 1906
cf. pavo (Lesueur, 1821) A.C.F.M.An.
Teuthowenia Chun, 1910 (Cranchia (Owenia) megalops Prosch, 1849) =Anomalocranchia Robson, 1924, =Cranchia (Owenia) Prosch, 1849, =Owenia Prosch, 1849, =Verrilliteuthis Berry, 1916
pellucida (Chun, 1910) =australis G. Voss, =impennis Robson, =pardus Berry, =richardsoni Dell K.A.C.F.M.An.
Onychoteuthoidea
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE Gray, 1847
Moroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1908 (Onychoteuthis ingens E.A. Smith, 1881) =Kondakovia Filippova, 1972, =Onykia (Moroteuthopsis) Pfeffer, 1908
ingens (E.A. Smith, 1881) A.C.F.M.An.
Notonykia Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998 (N. africanae Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998)
africanae Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998 =lichtensteinii of authors in part, not Férussac A.C.M.
nesisi Bolstad, 2007 =lichtensteinii of authors in part, not Férussac F.An.
Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818 (O. bergii Lichtenstein, 1818) =Chaunoteuthis Appellöf, 1891, =Teleonychoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
aequimanus Gabb, 1868 =banksii of authors not Leach K.A.C.M.
Onykia Lesueur, 1821 (O. carriboea Lesueur, 1821) =Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881, =Onychia Blainville, 1823, =Onykia (Onykia) Lesueur, 1821, =Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884, =Teleoteuthis Verrill, 1882
carriboea Lesueur, 1821 K.C.
robsoni Adam, 1962 A.C.F.M.An.
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Octopodoidea d'Orbigny, 1840
AMPHITRETIDAE Hoyle, 1886
AMPHITRETIDAE: AMPHITRETINAE Hoyle, 1886
Amphitretus Hoyle, 1885 (A. pelagicus Hoyle, 1885) =Idioctopus Iw. Taki, 1962
pelagicus Hoyle, 1885 K.
thielei Robson, 1930 F.M.An.
AMPHITRETIDAE: BOLITAENINAE Chun, 1911
Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859 (B. microcotyla Steenstrup, 1886) =Eledonella A.E. Verrill, 1884
pygmaea (A.E. Verrill, 1884) =microcotyla Steenstrup C.
Japetella Hoyle, 1885 (J. prismatica Hoyle, 1885)
diaphana Hoyle, 1885 K.A.
AMPHITRETIDAE: VITRELEDONELLINAE Robson, 1932
Vitreledonella Joubin, 1918 (V. richardi Joubin, 1918)
richardi Joubin, 1918 K.A.
ENTEROCTOPODIDAE Strugnell, Norman, Vecchione, Guzik & Allcock, 2014
Muusoctopus Gleadall, 2004 (Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885)
clyderoperi O'Shea, 1999 A.C.M.
tangaroa O'Shea, 1999 =Octopus sp. Kubodera in Amaoka et al C.F.M.An.
tegginmathae O'Shea, 1999 A.C.F.M.
Thaumeledone Robson, 1930 (Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885)
marshalli O'Shea, 1999 A.C.M.
zeiss O'Shea, 1999 F.M.
OCTOPODIDAE d'Orbigny, 1840
Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny, 1845 (Octopus cordiformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
kermadecensis (Berry, 1914) K.
Enteroctopus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (Octopus megalocyathus Gould, 1852)
zealandicus Benham, 1944 =cordiformis Filhol not Quoy & Gaimand, =dofleini Imber not Wülker, =maorum of authors not Hutton C.F.M.An.
Graneledone Joubin, 1918 (Eledone verrucosa Verrill, 1881)
challengeri (Berry, 1916) K.
kubodera O'Shea, 1999 =Pareledone sp. aff. polymorpha Kubodera An.
taniwha O'Shea, 1999 C.F.M.An.
Macroctopus Robson, 1928 (Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880) =Octopus (Macroctopus) Robson, 1928
maorum (Hutton, 1880) =australis Benham not Hoyle, =communis Park, =cordiformis O'Shea not Quoy & Gaimard, =flindersi Cotton A.C.F.An. photo
Octopus Cuvier, 1797 (Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798) =Polypus Leach, 1817
kaharoa O'Shea, 1999 A.C.
mernoo O'Shea, 1999 C.F.M.
oliveri (Berry, 1914) K.
sp O'Shea, 1999
sp. cf. rugosus (Bosc, 1792) A.
Pareledone Robson, 1932 (Eledone charcoti Joubin, 1905)
sp. O'Shea, 1999
Robsonella Dall, 1902 (Octopus fontanianus d'Orbigny, 1835)
campbelli (E.A. Smith, 1902) =australis of authors not Hoyle in part F.An.
huttoni Benham, 1943 =adamsi Benham, =australis Massy not Hoyle, =campbelli of authors not Smith, =duplex Berry not Hoyle A.C.F.M.An.
Cirrata
CIRROTEUTHIDAE Keferstein, 1866
Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1836 (C. muelleri Eschricht, 1838)
sp. cf. muelleri Eschricht, 1836 M.
Cirrothauma Chun, 1911 (C. murrayi Chun, 1911)
sp. cf. magna (Hoyle, 1885) C.
GRIMPOTEUTHIDIDAE O'Shea, 1999
Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932 (Cirroteuthis umbellata P. Fischer, 1884) =Enigmatiteuthis O'Shea, 1999
innominata O'Shea, 1999 M.
Luteuthis O'Shea, 1999 (L. dentatus O'Shea, 1999)
dentatus O'Shea, 1999 C.
OPISTHOTEUTHIDAE Verrill, 1896 =Grimpoteuthidae O'Shea, 1999, =Luteuthidae O'Shea, 1999
Cirroctopus Naef, 1923 (Stauroteuthis mawsoni Berry, 1917)
hochbergi O'Shea, 1999 A.C.
Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883 (O. agassizii Verrill, 1883) =Cirroteuthopsis Grimpe, 1920, =Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus) Berry, 1918
chathamensis O'Shea, 1999 C.M.
mero O'Shea, 1999 A.C.F.M.An.
robsoni O'Shea, 1999 C.F.
Incirrata
Argonautoidea Cantraine, 1841
OCYTHOIDAE Gray, 1849
Ocythoe Rafinesque, 1814 (O. tuberculata Rafinesque, 1814)
tuberculata Rafinesque, 1814 K.A.C.F.M.
ARGONAUTIDAE Cantraine, 1841
Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758 (A. argo Linnaeus, 1758)
ALLOPOSIDAE Verrill, 1881
Haliphron Steenstrup, 1861 (H. atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861) =Alloposina Grimpe, 1922, =Alloposus Verrill, 1880, =Heptapus Joubin, 1929
atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861 =danai Joubin, =hardyi Robson, =mollis Verrill, =pacificus Ijima & Ikeda M.
Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830 (T. violaceus delle Chiaje, 1830) =Octopus (Philonexis) d'Orbigny, 1835, =Philonexis d'Orbigny, 1835
robsoni Kirk, 1884 =gracilis of authors not Eydoux & Souleyet, =violaceus of authors not delle Chiaje K.A.C.
Vampyromorpha
VAMPYROTEUTHIDAE Thiele in Chun, 1915
Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903 (V. infernalis Chun, 1903) =Danateuthis Joubin, 1929, =Hansenoteuthis Joubin, 1929, =Hymenoteuthis Thiele, 1916, =Melanoteuthis Joubin, 1912, =Retroteuthis Joubin, 1929, =Watasella Sasaki, 1920
infernalis Chun, 1903 K.A.C.An.
Subclass: NAUTILOIDEA
Nautilida
NAUTILIDAE Blainville, 1825
Nautilus Linnaeus, 1758 (N. pompilius Linnaeus, 1758)
macromphalus G.B. Sowerby II, 1849 K.A.
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil