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(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Anisoctus Rafinesque, 1840:65.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- ?Leachia Lesueur, 1821 [fide Hoyle (1910b:407)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Anisoctus punctatus Rafinesque, 1840; species first mentioned

Anomalocranchia Robson, 1924a:9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia Chun, 1910 [fide Voss (1980:400)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Anomalocranchia impennis Robson, 1924 by original designation

Ascocranchia Voss, 1962c:1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Helicocranchia Massy, 1907 [fide Voss (1980:382)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Ascocranchia joubini Voss, 1962 by original designation

(Ascoteuthis) Berry, 1920b:295.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 [fide Voss (1980:398)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Teuthowenia (Ascoteuthis) corona Berry, 1920 by original designation

Bathothauma Chun, 1906:86.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:384)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Bathothauma lyromma Chun, 1906 by monotypy

Belonella Lane, 1957:240.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 [fide Voss (1980:390)]; valid genus [fide Nesis (1987a:264)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Substitute name for Toxeuma Chun, 1906

Carynoteuthis Voss, 1960:434.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 [fide Voss (1980:398)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Carynoteuthis oceanica Voss, 1960 by original designation

Corynomma Chun, 1906:85.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 [fide Voss (1980:398)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Corynomma speculator Chun, 1906 by monotypy

Cranchia Leach, 1817b:140.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:376)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 species first mentioned and by subsequent designation of Steenstrup (1861b:72)

Crystalloteuthis Chun, 1906:85.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Crystalloteuthis glacialis Chun, 1906 by monotypy

Desmoteuthis Verrill, 1881 In 1880-1881:300.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 [fide Berry (1912c:643)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Leachia hyperborea Steenstrup, 1856 original designation

Drechselia Joubin, 1931:197.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Nesis (1987a:264)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Drechselia danae Joubin, 1931 by monotypy

Dyctydiopsis Rochebrune, 1884a:16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia Lesueur, 1821 [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligopsis ellipsoptera Adams and Reeve, 1848 by monotypy

Egea Joubin, 1933:43.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:396)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Egea inermis Joubin, 1933 by monotypy

Euzygaena Chun, 1910:355.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Invalid name [fide Voss (1980:403)]; Substitute name for Zygaenopsis Rochebrune, 1884

Fusocranchia Joubin, 1920:73.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 [fide Voss (1980:378)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Fusocranchia alpha Joubin, 1920 by monotypy

Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898a:292.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898 by monotypy

Helicocranchia Massy, 1907:382.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:382)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907 by monotypy

Hensenioteuthis Pfeffer, 1900:193.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen dubium [fide Voss (1980:403)]; Helicocranchia Massy, 1907 [fide Nesis (1987a:266)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Hensenioteuthis joubini Pfeffer, 1900 by monotypy

Leachia Lesueur, 1821:89.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821 by monotypy

Leucocranchia Joubin, 1912b:396.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Bathothauma Chun, 1906 [fide Voss (1980:384)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Leucocranchia pfefferi Joubin, 1912 by monotypy

Liguriella Issel, 1908:103.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:388)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Liguriella podophthalma Issel, 1908 by monotypy

Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884:25.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:378)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Leachia reinhardti Steenstrup, 1856 by subsequent designation of Berry (1914b:346)

Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884:24.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:398)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Megalocranchia maxima Pfeffer, 1884 by original designation

Mesonychoteuthis Robson, 1925:272.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:394)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925 by original designation

(Owenia) Prosch, 1847:71.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Invalid junior homonym of Owenia Chiaie, 1844 (Polychaeta); Teuthowenia Chun, 1910 [fide Voss (1980:400)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Cranchia (Owenia) megalops Prosch, 1847 by monotypy

Perothis Rathke, 1833:149.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia Lesueur, 1821 [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Perothis eschscholtzii Rathke, 1833 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910b:411)

Phasmatopsis Rochebrune, 1884a:15.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen dubium [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Phasmatopsis cymoctypus Rochebrune, 1884 by monotypy

Phasmatoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912:728.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Taonius richardi Joubin, 1895 by monotypy

Procalistes Lankester, 1884:317.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen dubium [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Procalistes suhmi Lankester, 1884 by monotypy

Pyrgopsis Rochebrune, 1884a:23.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Leachia Lesueur, 1821 [fide Nesis (1987a:261)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Pyrgopsis rynchophorus Rochebrune, 1884 by monotypy

Sandalops Chun, 1906:86.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:386)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906 by monotypy

Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900:192.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Taonius suhmi Hoyle, 1886 by monotypy

Taonius Steenstrup, 1861b:83.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:390)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligo pavo Lesueur, 1821 by original designation

Teuthowenia Chun, 1910:376.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1980:400)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Cranchia (Owenia) megalops Prosch, 1847 by monotypy

Toxeuma Chun, 1906:86.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Invalid junior homonym of Toxeuma Walker, 1833 (Insecta)
TYPE SPECIES. -- Toxeuma belone Chun, 1906 by monotypy

Uranoteuthis Lu and Clarke, 1974:985.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sandalops Chun, 1906 [fide Voss (1980:386)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Uranoteuthis bilucifer Lu and Clarke, 1974 by monotypy

Verrilliteuthis Berry, 1916:64.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia Chun, 1910 [fide Voss (1980:400)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Desmoteuthis tenera Verrill, 1881 by monotypy

Vossoteuthis Nesis, 1974:12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Liguriella Issel, 1908 [fide Voss (1980:388)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Desmoteuthis pellucida Chun, 1910 by original designation

Zygaenopsis Rochebrune, 1884a:19.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Preoccupied in Lepidoptera [fide Hoyle (1909:276)]; Nomen dubium [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligopsis zygaena Verany, 1851 by monotypy

Zygocranchia Hoyle, 1909:276.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Non-valid name [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Loligopsis zygaena Verany, 1851 by monotypy

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Taonius abyssicola Goodrich, 1896:17, pl 5 figs 72-80.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Megalocranchia abyssicola [fide Voss (1960:437)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZSI? Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Laccadive Sea

Fusocranchia alpha Joubin, 1920:73, pl 14 figs 5-9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856) [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Syntypes (3) [only specimen from station 1880 listed in Belloc (1950:9); 2 smaller syntypes from stations 1856 and 1872 not listed]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Halfway between Azores and Canary Islands (32°18'N, 23°58'W); Azores (36∞46'N, 26∞41'W); 37°35'N, 24°40'W

Teuthowenia antarctica Chun, 1910:376, pl 56 figs 1-5, pl 57 figs 3-7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis glacialis (Chun, 1906) [fide Nesis (1987a:275)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-110002 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:272)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 55°57'S, 16°14'E (Southern Ocean)

Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898a:292, figs 1-9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MHNN Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. --?Nice, Mediterranean Sea

Galiteuthis aspera Filippova, 1972:400, fig 7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis glacialis (Chun, 1906) [fide Nesis (1987a:275)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMMGU?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Scotia Sea

Pyrgopsis atlantica Degner, 1925:54, figs 38-40.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Leachia (Pyrgopsis) atlantica [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:220)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 36°13'N, 9°44'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Megalocranchia megalops australis Voss, 1967:82, pls 8-9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia pellucida (Chun, 1910) [fide Voss (1985:42)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SAM Holotype A29733
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 38°52'S, 33°10'E (Indian Ocean)

Helicocranchia beebei Robson, 1948:130, text-figs 15-18.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907 [fide Nesis (1987a:271)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntypes (6) 1947.7.7.3-6 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:106)];
repository of remaining 2 syntypes unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South of Cocos Island; Galapagos Islands

Toxeuma belone Chun, 1906:86.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Belonella belone [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [fide Voss (1980:390)] Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 10°08'S, 97°14'E (Indian Ocean) [fide Chun (1910:380)]

Bathothauma bergeti Joubin, 1912b:397.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.

Crystalloteuthis beringiana Sasaki, 1920:202, pl 26 fig 4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis phyllura Berry, 1911 [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 332921 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:4)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Attu Island, Aleutians Islands (52°55'30"N, 173°30'E)

Anisoctus bicolor Rafinesque, 1840:65.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Leachia sp. [fide Hoyle (1910b:407)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Uranoteuthis bilucifer Lu and Clarke, 1974:985, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906 [fide Nesis (1987a:266)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype [fide Voss (1980:386)]; not found [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:114)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 17°28'N, 24°50'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Belonella pacifica borealis Nesis, 1972a:343, fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Belonella borealis [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZIN Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 44°07.8'N, 150°26.7'E (N Pacfic Ocean)

Bathothauma boureei Joubin, 1912b:397.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.

Liocranchia brockii Pfeffer, 1884:25, figs 33-33a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856) [fide Pfeffer (1912:667)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Syntypes (3) [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Postillon Island [Sabalana Island, 7°S, 119°E], Java Sea (1, vend. Putze); NW coast of New Guinea (2, vend. Putze) [see comments by Pfeffer (1912:56, bottom) re specimens purchased from Putze]

Taonidium chuni Pfeffer, 1912:725.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis sp. [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMB? Holotype [= Chun (1910:391, pl 61 figs 9-10)]; species not traced in Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Sao Thome, 0°25'N, 7°E (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)

Teuthowenia (Ascoteuthis) corona Berry, 1920b:296, pl 16 fig 7.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Megalocranchia sp. [fide Voss (1980:398)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 338695 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:13)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°27'N, 68°22'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Loligo cranchii Blainville, 1823:123.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 [fide D'Orbigny (1845:240) In 1845-1847]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; [other Blainville types at MNHN?] [not reported by Lu
†† et al. (1995)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mers occidentales de l'Afrique

Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821:90, pl 6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Voss (1962e:1) and see Lu et al. (1995:314)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "Inhabits Pacific Ocean". Also states "This description is taken from a drawing made by Mr. Petit, from a specimen obtained in the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 37° South, and long. 33° East" [= off South Africa]

Phasmatopsis cymoctypus Rochebrune, 1884a:15, pl 1 figs 1-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:314) and Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean, around Madeira

Drechselia danae Joubin, 1931:197, text-figs 33-46.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987a:264)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Syntypes (2) [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:221)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 6°40'N, 80°47'W (Pacific Ocean)

Leachia dislocata Young, 1972:80, pls 30b, 31-32.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia (Pyrgopsis) pacifica (Issel, 1908) [fide Nesis (1987a:271)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SBMNH Holotype 34999 [fide Scott et al. (1990:20)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°35'N, 118°06'W, eastern North Pacific Ocean

Perothis dubia Rathke, 1833:170, figs 16-18.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia sp. [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; probably not extant [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved

Perothis dussumieri Rochebrune, 1884a:26.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia sp.? [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 3-8-740 [fide Lu et al. (1995:315)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Banc des Aiguilles, Cape of Good Hope

Sandalops ecthambus Berry, 1920b:297, pl 16 fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 338697 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:13)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- North of Little Bahama Bank [27°46'N, 78°46'W (Atlantic Ocean)]

Loligopsis ellipsoptera Adams and Reeve, 1848[1848-1850]:2, pl 1 fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Leachia (Leachia) ellipsoptera [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Holotype specimen not extant [fide Voss (1980:380)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- North Atlantic Ocean

Liocranchia elongata Issel, 1908a:102.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856) [fide Pfeffer (1912:667)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Caribbean Sea (13°55'N, 77°43'W)

Teuthowenia elongata Sasaki, 1929:327, pl 26 figs 7-12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Kubodera (2000a:1073)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MSUT[TIU] Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Misaki, Sagami Province, Japan

Taonius elongatus Steenstrup in Hoyle, 1885d:317.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.

Taonius elongatus Steenstrup in Hoyle, 1886:189, pl 28 fig 13.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Perothis eschscholtzii Rathke, 1833:149, figs 1-15.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821 [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved, 3 Syntypes; 1 syntype at ZMB [fide Glaubrecht and
††† Salcedo-Vargas (2000:274); however locality is different]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- SE of Madagascar (28°S, 50°E) [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:274)]

Octopus (Philonexis) eylais D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:20, pl 1 figs 8-14.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 [fide Hoyle (1904b:43)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:315)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic, 22°N, 36°W of Paris [fide Lu et al. (1995:315)]

Helicocranchia fisheri Berry, 1909:417.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Megalocranchia abyssicola (Goodrich, 1896) [fide Nesis (1987a:275)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214316 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:13)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Pailolo Channel, Hawaiian Islands

Liocranchia gardineri Robson, 1921:434, text-figs 1-2, pl 65.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Valid species [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1947.6.19.6 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:106)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Desroches Atoll, Indian Ocean

Crystalloteuthis glacialis Chun, 1906:85.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Galiteuthis glacialis [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-110013 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:275)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Antarctic Drift Current 59°16'S, 40°13'E [fide Chun (1910:372)]

Cranchia (Liocranchia) globula Berry, 1909:415, fig 9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sytematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214315 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:14)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South of Lanai Island, Hawaiian Islands

Loligopsis guttata Grant, 1833a:22, figs 2-10.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821 [fide Pfeffer (1912:650)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Indian Ocean

Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925:272, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:394)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1926.3.31.28 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 50 miles north of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands (from sperm whale stomach)

Cranchia hispida Pfeffer, 1884:27, fig 37.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 [fide Pfeffer (1912:679)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South Seas [fide Pfeffer (1912:688)]

Leachia hyperborea Steenstrup, 1856:200.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1847) [fide Voss (1985:15)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Baffin Bay, off North Greenland [fide Voss (1985:16)]

Anomalocranchia impennis Robson, 1924a:9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia pellucida (Chun, 1910) [fide Voss (1985:42)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1924.9.9.38 [fide Voss (1980:400)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 33°30'S, 17°12'E, off Cape Town, South Africa [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]

Taonidium incertum Pfeffer, 1912:724.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis sp. [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUU Holotype [fide Pfeffer (1912:725)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 47°30'N, 16°W (Atlantic Ocean)

Egea inermis Joubin, 1933:48, figs 47-48.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:396)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Lectotype [fide N. Voss (1974:947)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 33°51'N, 66°43'W (Atlantic Ocean) [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)]

Liocranchia intermedia Robson, 1924a:6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856) [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1924.9.9.44 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 29°40'S, 31°41'E, Natal coast, South Africa

Ascocranchia joubini Voss, 1962c:2, fig 1a-f.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Helicocranchia joubini [fide Nesis (1987a:271)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Holotype [station 3313]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 45°02'N, 13°05'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Hensenioteuthis joubini Pfeffer, 1900:193.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; specimen not extant [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 99°31.7’N, 43.9°W Sargasso Sea (Atlantic Ocean) [fide Pfeffer (1912:748)]

Loligo laevis Blainville, 1823:123.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Cranchia? sp. [fide Steenstrup (1861b:79)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; [other Blainville types at MNHN]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mers d'Afrique

Loligo leachii Blainville, 1823:124.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821 [fide Hoyle (1885d:326)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:318)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Pyrgopsis lemur Berry, 1920b:298, pl 16 fig 5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss et al., (1992:189)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 338698 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:15)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 35°27'N, 73°14'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Phasmatopsis lucifer Voss, 1963a:77, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Egea inermis Joubin, 1933 [fide Nesis (1987a:265)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 727770 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:8)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 29°06'N, 88°02'W (Gulf of Mexico)

Bathothauma lyromma Chun, 1906:86.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:384)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-110019 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:276)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- West of Cape Verde Islands (17°28'N, 29°42'W)

Cranchia maculata Leach, 1817b:140.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Teuthowenia maculata [fide Voss (1985:32)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1983100 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated; 1°36'S, 8°47'E (Atlantic Ocean) [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:107)]

Megalocranchia maxima Pfeffer, 1884:24, figs 32-32a.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:398)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype; no longer extant [fide Guerrero-Kommritz (2001:174)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape of Good Hope

Cranchia (Owenia) megalops Prosch, 1847:71, figs 4-6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Teuthowenia megalops [fide Voss (1985:15)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated; Faroes, Atlantic Ocean [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)]

Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906:86.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:386)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype Moll.-110022a† [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:277)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Tristan da Cunha Island (32°8'S, 8°28'W)

Carynoteuthis oceanica Voss, 1960:434, fig 75a-f.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Megalocranchia oceanica [fide Nesis (1987a:275)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- FMNH Holotype 78326
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°08'N, 64∞33'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Belonella pacifica pacifica Nesis, 1972a:342, fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Belonella belone (Chun, 1906) [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 332946
TYPE LOCALITY. -- East China Sea, 31°39'N, 129°20.5'E (Pacific Ocean)

Zygaenopsis pacifica Issel, 1908a:103.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Leachia (Pyrgopsis) pacifica [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Between Tahiti Island and Pago Pago Island (14°32'S, 167°43'W)

Taonidium pacificum Robson, 1948:130, text-fig 14.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Galiteuthis pacifica [fide Nesis (1987a:275)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntypes (2) 1947.7.7.8.1-2 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:108)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- North and Northeast of Coccos Island

Megalocranchia papillata Voss, 1960:430, fig 74a-h.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Helicocranchia papillata [fide Nesis (1987a:271)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- FMNH Holotype 78316
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°05'N, 64°38'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Megalocranchia pardus Berry, 1916:61, text-figs 19-22, pl 9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Liguriella pardus [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 816465 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:16)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sunday Island, Kermadec Islands

Sandalops pathopsis Berry, 1920b:297, pl 16 fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Sytematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH 338696 Holotype [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:16)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°33'N, 72°14'W (Sargasso Sea)

Loligo pavo Lesueur, 1821:96, pl 12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Taonius pavo [fide Steenstrup (1861b:70)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype 7-3-743 [fide Lu et al. (1995:322)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sandy Bay, Atlantic Ocean

Desmoteuthis pellucida Chun, 1910:357, pls 53-54.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Teuthowenia pellucida [fide Voss (1985:41)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-110025 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:277)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 33°20'S, 15°58'E (Atlantic Ocean)

Cranchia perlucida Rang, 1837:67, pl 94.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:322)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Equatorial Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907:382.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:382)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1890.1.24.10 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]; 1909.11.27.10 [fide Voss (1980:382) and Lipinski et al. (2000:108)]]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 51°54'N, 11°57'W, Southwest coast of Ireland

Leucocranchia pfefferi Joubin, 1912b:396.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Bathothauma lyromma Chun, 1906 [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Syntypes (2); Holotype [fide Voss (1980:384)] [=Lectotype]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Taonidium pfefferi Russell, 1909:451.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898 [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Toll (1985:601)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 60°03'N, 3°53'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Galiteuthis phyllura Berry, 1911c:592.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214325 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:16)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Monterey Bay, California

Liguriella podophthalma Issel, 1908a:103.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:388)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [fide Voss (1980:388)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean (28°38'S, 47∞31'W)

Anisoctus punctatus Rafinesque, 1840:65.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Leachia sp. [fide Hoyle (1910b:407)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Leachia reinhardti Steenstrup, 1856:200.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Liocranchia reinhardti [fide Voss (1980:378)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Syntypes (3) [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 15°19'N, 24°54'W and 23°N, 32°W (Atlantic Ocean)

Taonius richardi Joubin, 1895a:46, pl 3 figs 5-6, pl 4 figs 3-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Galiteuthis sp. [fide Voss (1980:392)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Holotype [station 262] [fide Belloc (1950:8)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 47°17'17"N, 11°58'51"W (Atlantic Ocean) (from stomach of tuna Thynnus alalonga)

Megalocranchia richardsoni Dell, 1959:10, figs 7-10.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia pellucida (Chun, 1910) [fide Voss (1985:42)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M12940 [fide Marshall (1996:43)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 37°29'S, 177°17'E (Pacific Ocean)

Pyrgopsis rynchophorus Rochebrune, 1884a:23, pl 2 figs 1-6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Leachia (Pyrgopsis) rynchophorus [fide Nesis (1987a:271)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype 3-8-742 [fide Lu et al. (1995:324)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Banc des Aiguilles, Cape of Good Hope

Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817b:140.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss (1980:376)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1986265 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:108)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated; Africa

Loligopsis schneehagenii Pfeffer, 1884:23, fig 31.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Leachia (Pyrgopsis) pacifica (Issel, 1908) [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Chile

Corynomma speculator Chun, 1906:85.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Megalocranchia abyssicola (Goodrich, 1896) [fide Nesis (1987a:275)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype [fide Nesis (1974:6)] Moll.-110033a [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:279)]; [see Chun (1910:pl 55, figs 1-8)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Indian South Equatorial Current (4°45'S, 48°58'E) [fide Nesis (1974:6)]

Procalistes suhmi Lankester, 1884:317, text-figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Voss (1980:403)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntypes 1890.1.24.20-22 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:109)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 34°50'S, 155°28'E, from Sydney to Wellington [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:109)]

Taonius suhmi Hoyle, 1886:192, pl 32 figs 5-11.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Galiteuthis suhmi [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; BMNH Syntype 90.1.24.19 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:109)]; NMGW Syntype (1?)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 47°25'S, 130°22'E (Southern Ocean) [fide Hoyle (1886:192)]

Teuthowenia tagoi Sasaki, 1929:326, text-fig 150, pl 26 figs 1-6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MSUT[TIU] Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Enoura, Suruga Province, Japan

Desmoteuthis tenera Verrill, 1881 In 1880-1881:412, pl 55 fig 2-2d, pl 56 fig 3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1847) [fide Voss (1985:15)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Syntype 574850 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:13)] and YPM Syntype 12462
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39°55'00"N, 70°28'00"W (Atlantic Ocean)

Cranchia tenuitentaculata Pfeffer, 1884:24, fig 36.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 [fide Pfeffer (1912:679)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sao Thome [fide Pfeffer (1912:688)]

Desmoteuthis thori Degner, 1925:68, figs 45-48.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1847) [fide Voss (1985:15)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:224)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 46°30'N, 07°00'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Galiteuthis triluminosa Lu and Clarke, 1974:991, figs 3-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Belonella belone (Chun, 1906) [fide Nesis (1987a:274)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype; not found [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:114)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 29°58.5'N, 22°59.7'W (Atlantic Ocean)

Liocranchia valdiviae Chun, 1910:337, pl 48 figs 3-4, pl 51 figs 1-4, 8-10, pl 60 figs 7-11.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987a:270)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype Moll.-110038a [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:279)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 4°45'S, 48°58'E (Indian Ocean)

 

Type Repositories

BMNH-The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History)).† [For type catalog see Lipinski et al. (2000)]

FMNH-Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road & Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U.S.A. (formerly Chicago Natural History Museum).

MHNN-Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.

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- MusÈe OcÈanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC98000, Monaco.† [For type catalog see Belloc (1950)]

MSUT-University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan (includes former Tokyo Imperial University (TIU) collection and University of Tokyo Department of Fisheries (FUMT) collection).

NMGW- National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NP, Wales.

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)]

NMNZ-National Museum of New Zealand, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum).† [For type catalog see Marshall (1996)]

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

SBMNH-Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, U.S.A.† [For type catalogs see Hertz (1984); Scott et al. (1990)]

ZIN- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199164, Russia.

ZMB- Zoologisches Museum, Museum f¸r 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)]

ZMMGU-Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, u1. Gensena 6, Moscow, Russia.† [For type catalog see Ivanov and Sysoev (2000)]

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]

ZMUU-Zoologiska Museet, Uppsala Universitets, Villavagen 9, S-751 22 Uppsala, Sweden.† [For type catalog see Wallin (1991)]

ZSI- Zoological Survey of India, "M" Block, New Alipore, Calcutta 700053, India.† [For type catalog see Thomson (In prep.)]

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