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Taxonomy
Family:
VAMPYROTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Vampyromorpha (Order)
> Vampyroteuthidae (Family)
> Vampyroteuthis (Genus)
> infernalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Danateuthis Joubin, 1929
=Hansenoteuthis Joubin, 1929
=Hymenoteuthis Thiele, 1916
=Melanoteuthis Joubin, 1912
=Retroteuthis Joubin, 1929
=Watasella Sasaki, 1920
Images: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
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Taxonomy
Family:
VAMPYROTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Vampyromorpha (Order)
> Vampyroteuthidae (Family)
> Vampyroteuthis (Genus)
> infernalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Danateuthis Joubin, 1929
=Hansenoteuthis Joubin, 1929
=Hymenoteuthis Thiele, 1916
=Melanoteuthis Joubin, 1912
=Retroteuthis Joubin, 1929
=Watasella Sasaki, 1920
Details: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
Size/Grows to:
Animal 55mm
Distribution:
North Island, 900 metres. Also over Kermadec Trench and off West Africa. Widespread, 900-1100 metres
Geographical Range:
KACAn
Notes:
Marine, Benthopelagic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Imber, M.J. 1992 Cephalopods eaten by wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.) breeding at six circumpolar localities, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 22 (p.255)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.443)

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