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(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881 In 1880-1881:405.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Hoyle (1910:408)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Brachioteuthis beanii Verrill, 1881 by original designation

Entomopsis Rochebrune, 1884:21.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881 In 1880-1881 [fide Nesis (1987:222)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Entomopsis velaini Rochebrune, 1884 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:409)]

Slosarczykovia Lipinski, 2001:5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Taxon not yet reviewed
TYPE SPECIES. -- Slosarczykovia circumantarctica Lipinski, 2001 by monotypy.

Tracheloteuthis Steenstrup, 1882:293.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881 In 1880-1881 [fide Clark (1966:162)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Tracheloteuthis riisei Steenstrup, 1882 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1905b) [fide Hoyle (1910:413)]

Verrilliola Pfeffer, 1884:22.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881 [fide Nesis (1987:222)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Verrilliola gracilis Pfeffer, 1884 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:413)]

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Entomopsis alicei Joubin, 1900:92 pls 11-12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis riisei (Steenstrup, 1882) [fide Clarke (1966)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MOM Syntypes (9); [stations 755, 760 and 916 not specifically listed in Belloc (1950:7)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off coast of Portugal; north of Ferrol; North of the Corogne (all from stomachs of tuna)

Brachioteuthis beanii Verrill, 1881 in 1880-1881:406, pl 55 fig 3-3b, pl 56 fig 2-2a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Syntypes 574640 and 729736 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:4)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39°57'N, 69°19'W and 39°56'N, 69°24'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Tracheloteuthis behnii Steenstrup, 1882:294.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Brachioteuthis behnii [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Syntypes (3) [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:221)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Indian Ocean (purchased); West coast of New Guinea; no locality

Brachioteuthis bowmani Russell, 1909:449.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species? [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Toll (1985:601)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -– Scotland

Slosarczykovia circumantarctica Lipinski, 2001:6, figs 3e-g, 5b-c, 6b, 7-8, 9b-c, 10b-c, 11b.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Taxon not yet reviewed
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SAM Holotype S-3949
TYPE LOCALITY. –- off Wilkes Land, Antarctica

Entomopsis clouei Rochebrune, 1884:22.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Brachioteuthis behni (Steenetrup, 1882) [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:313)] [examined at MNHN by G.L. Voss (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean

Verrilliola gracilis Pfeffer, 1884:22, figs 28-28d.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis behni (Steenstrup, 1882) [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Solomon Islands

Tracheloteuthis guernei Joubin, 1895:34, pls 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis sp.? [fide Nesis (1987:222)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Syntypes (2) [station 262] [fide Belloc (1950:6)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off tip of Brittany (47°17'17"N, 11°58'51"W), France (from stomach of tuna, Thunnus alalonga)

Brachioteuthis linkovskyi Lipinski, 2001:5, figs 2, 3a-d, 4, 5a,d, 6a, 9a, 10a, 11a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Taxon not yet reviewed
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SAM Holotype S-3948
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 600 miles SE of Montevideo [Uruguay]

Verrilliola nympha Pfeffer, 1884:23, figs 29-29a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis riisei (Steenstrup, 1882) [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Syntypes (6) [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Chile (3); Zanzibar (3)

Brachioteuthis picta Chun, 1910:207, pls 29-32.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:222)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-102155 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:278)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 5°6'N, 9°58'E[?W] (Benguela Current)

Tracheloteuthis riisei Steenstrup, 1882:294.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Brachioteuthis riisei [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 34°40'S, 7°W (Atlantic Ocean)

Entomopsis velaini Rochebrune, 1884:21, pl 2 figs 7-11.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Brachioteuthis riisei (Steenstrup, 1882) [fide Nesis (1987:223)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; type not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:327)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- St. Paul Island [38o43'S, 77o32'E, S. Indian Ocean]

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Type Repositories

MNHN-Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France.  [For type catalog see Lu et al. (1995)]

MOM- Musée Océanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC98000, Monaco.  [For type catalog see Belloc (1950)]

NMNH-National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM).  [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988)]

SAM- South African Museum, Government Avenue, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.

ZMB- Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-1040 Berlin, Germany.  [For type catalog see Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]

ZMH- Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Martin Luther King Platz 3, 2000 Hamburg 13, Germany.  [For type catalog see Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]

ZMUC-Kobenhavns Universitet, Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.  [For type catalog see Kristensen and Knudsen (1983); See also Volsoe et al. (1962) for Steenstrup papers]

References

Belloc, G. 1950.† Catalogue des types de CÈphalopodes du MusÈe OcÈanographique de Monaco.† Bulletin de l'Institut OcÈanographique, 970:1-10.

Chun, C. 1910.† Die Cephalopoden. Oegopsida.† Wissenschaftliche eregebnisse der deutschen tiefsee expedition auf dem dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 18(1):1-401, 32 figures, 2 text-plates, atlas of 61 plates.

Glaubrecht, M. and M.A. Salcedo-Vargas. 2000.† Annotated type catalogue of the Cephalopoda (Mollusca) in the Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt University of Berlin.† Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologischen, 76(2):269-282.

Guerrero-Kommritz, J.G. 2001.† Catalogue of the cephalopod type specimens in the Zoological Museum Hamburg.† Mitteilungen. Hamburgisches Zoologische Museum and Institut, 98:171-174.

Hoyle, W.E. 1905.† The Cephalopoda.† Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelago, 2(1):975-988, 10 figures, 1 plate.

Hoyle, W.E. 1910.† A list of the generic names of Dibranchiate Cephalopoda with their type species.† Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 32:407-413.

Joubin, L. 1895.† Contribution a l'Èstude des CÈphalopodes de l'Atlantique Nord.† Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur yacht par Albert I Prince souverain de Monaco, 9:1-63, 6 plates.

Joubin, L. 1900.† CÈphalopodes provenant des campagnes de la Princesse-Alice (1891-1897).† Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert I Prince souverain de Monaco, 17:1-135, 15 plates.

Kristensen, T.K. and J. Knudsen. 1983.† A catalogue of the type specimens of Cephalopoda (Mollusca) in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen.† Steenstrupia, 9(10):217-227.

Lipinski, M.R. 2001.† Preliminary description of two new species of cephalopods (Cephalopoda: Brachioteuthidae) from South Atlantic and Antarctic waters.† Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute, 1(152):3-14, 11 figures.

Lu, C.C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier. 1995.† Catalogue of types of recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France).† Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4)17(3-4):307-343.

Nesis, K.N. 1982.† Abridged key to the cephalopod Molluscs of the world's oceans. Moscow: Light and Food Industry Publishing House, 385 pages. (In Russian; see Nesis, 1987 for abridged English translation)

Nesis, K.N. 1987.† Cephalopods of the World; Squids, cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA, 351 pages.

Pfeffer, G. 1908.† Die Cephalopoden.† Nordisches Plankton, 2(part 9)(4):9-116, 120 figures.

Pfeffer, G. 1884.† Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums.† Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, Hamburg, 8(1):1-30, 37 figures.

Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884.† …tude monographique sur la famille des Loligopsidae.† Bulletin de la SociÈtÈ Philomathique de Paris, (series 7)8(1):7-28, 2 plates.

Roper, C.F.E. and M.J. Sweeney. 1978.† A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History.† Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278:1-19.

Russell, E.S. 1909.† Preliminary notice on the Cephalopoda collected by the Fishery Cruiser Goldseeker 1903-1908.† Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 8)3:446-455.

Steenstrup, J. 1882.† En ny Blaeksprutteslaegt: Tracheloteuthis.† Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjobenhavn, 1881:293-294.

Sweeney, M.J., C.F.E. Roper, and F.G. Hochberg. 1988.† Catalog of the type specimens of Recent Cephalopoda described by S. Stillman Berry.† Malacologia, 29(1):7-19.

Toll, R.B. 1985.† The reinstatement of Bathypolypus faeroensis (Russell, 1909) (Octopoda: Bathypolypodinae).† Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98(3):598-603.

Verrill, A.E. 1880-1881.† The cephalopods of the north-eastern coast of America. Part II. The smaller cephalopods, including the "squids" and the octopi, with other allied forms.† Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, 5(6):259-446, 33 plates.