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Taxonomy
Family:
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Onychoteuthoidea (Superfamily)
> Onychoteuthidae (Family)
> Onychoteuthis (Genus)
> aequimanus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chaunoteuthis Appellöf, 1891
=Teleonychoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
Synonymised Names:
=Onychoteuthis banksii of authors not Leach
Images: Onychoteuthis aequimanus Gabb, 1868
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Taxonomy
Family:
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Onychoteuthoidea (Superfamily)
> Onychoteuthidae (Family)
> Onychoteuthis (Genus)
> aequimanus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chaunoteuthis Appellöf, 1891
=Teleonychoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
Synonymised Names:
=Onychoteuthis banksii of authors not Leach
Details: Onychoteuthis aequimanus Gabb, 1868
Distribution:
Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical waters, 0-1000 metres, usually 30-1000 metres
Geographical Range:
KACM
Notes:
Marine, Pelagic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bolstad, K.S. 2010 Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida), Zootaxa, 2696 (p.17)
  • Bolstad, K.S. 2007 Systematics and distribution of the New Zealand onychoteuthid fauna (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida), including a new species, Notonykia nesisi sp. nov., Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 17 (p.308)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.441)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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