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Taxonomy
Family:
HISTIOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Histioteuthidae (Family)
> Histioteuthis (Genus)
> atlantica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calliteuthis Verrill, 1880
=Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885
=Histiothauma Robson, 1948
=Hoylia Cossmann, 1900
=Lolidona Risso, 1854
=Meleagroteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
Synonymised Names:
=Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885
=Histioteuthis cookiana Dell, 1951
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Taxonomy
Family:
HISTIOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Histioteuthidae (Family)
> Histioteuthis (Genus)
> atlantica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calliteuthis Verrill, 1880
=Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885
=Histiothauma Robson, 1948
=Hoylia Cossmann, 1900
=Lolidona Risso, 1854
=Meleagroteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
Synonymised Names:
=Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885
=Histioteuthis cookiana Dell, 1951
Details: Histioteuthis atlantica (Hoyle, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 510mm
Geographical Range:
KACFMAn
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Voss, N.A., Nesis, K.N., Rodhouse, P.G. 1998 The cephalopod family Histioteuthidae (Oegopsida): systematics, biology, and biogeography, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (p.309)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.441)
  • Voss, N.A. 1969 A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic. The family Histioteuthidae, Bulletin of Marine Science, 19(4) (p.823)

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