(data as of June 2002)
Nominal Genus-Level Taxa
Calliteuthis Verrill, 1880:393.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis D'Orbigny, 1841 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848 [fide Voss (1969:740)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Calliteuthis reversa Verrill, 1880 by monotypy
Histiochromius Pfeffer, 1912:319.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status undetermined [see Voss (1969:859)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Histiochromius chuni Pfeffer, 1912 by monotypy
Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885a:273.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen tantum [fide Hoyle (1885c:201)]
Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885c:201.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis D'Orbigny, 1841 [fide Voss (1969:740)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885 by monotypy
Histioteuthis D'Orbigny, 1841 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848:xxxvii.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Voss (1969:740)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Cranchia bonnellii Ferussac, 1834 by monotypy
Histiothauma Robson, 1948:123.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis D'Orbigny, 1841 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848 [fide Voss (1969:740)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Histiothauma oceani Robson, 1948 by original designation
Lolidona Risso, 1854:33.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis D'Orbigny, 1841 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848 [fide Adam (1942:13)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Lolidona euphrosina Risso, 1854 by monotypy
Meleagroteuthis Pfeffer, 1900:170.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis D'Orbigny, 1841 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848 [fide Voss (1969:740)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Meleagroteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1900 by monotypy
Stigmatoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900:170.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis D'Orbigny, 1841 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848 [fide Voss (1969:740)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Histiopsis hoylei Goodrich, 1896 by monotypy
Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)
Stigmatoteuthis arcturi Robson, 1948:122, text-figs 5-6.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis arcturi [fide Voss et al. (1998:319)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1947.7.7.1 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:105)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 26°54'N, 51°15'W (Atlantic Ocean)
Calliteuthis (Meleagroteuthis) asteroessa Chun, 1910:170.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis species dubium [fide Voss, 1969:857]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype[?] Moll.-110003; [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:272)]; specimen not extant [fide Voss (1969:856)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Type locality not designated. West of Cape Verde Island (17°N, 29°W) [fide Thiele (1920:451)]
Calliteuthis reversa atlantica Grimpe, 1922:47.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis reversa [fide Voss (1969:745)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Würzburg Museum Syntype (1) and Leipzig Museum Syntype (1)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Messing [Würzburg Museum] and no locality [Leipzig Museum] [fide Pfeffer (1912:251)]
Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885a:273.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen tantum [fide Hoyle (1885c:201)]
Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885c:201.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis atlantica [fide Voss et al. (1998:309)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1890.1.24.18 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:105)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 35°36'S, 21°12'W (Atlantic Ocean)
Histioteuthis corona berryi Voss, 1969:781, figs 19-20.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis berryi [fide Young and Vecchione (ToL)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 576079 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:5)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 29°17'N 125°41'W (Pacific Ocean)
Cranchia bonnellii Ferussac, 1834:355.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis bonnellii [fide D'Orbigny, 1848 In Ferussac and D'Orbigny (1834-1848:327)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 3-3-663 [fide Lu et al. (1995:312)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Nice, Mediterranean Sea
Histioteuthis bruuni Voss, 1969:811, figs 3i-j, 6c, 27, 28.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis (Chun, 1910) [fide Voss et al. (1998:350)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:221)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 23°26'S, 3°56'E (Atlantic Ocean)
Calliteuthis celetaria Voss, 1960:424, fig 73a-h.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis celetaria [fide Young and Vecchione (ToL)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- FMNH Holotype 78308
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°10'N, 64°45'W (Atlantic Ocean) [fide Voss (1969:763)] [originally published incorrectly as 34°45'W]
Histioteuthis corona cerasina Nesis, 1971:1463, figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis cerasina [fide Young and Vecchione (ToL)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZIN Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 00°01'S, 84°59'W (Pacific Ocean)
Histiochromius chuni Pfeffer, 1912:320.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Systematic status undetermined [see Voss (1969:859)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMB? Holotype [= Chun (1910:202, pl 30 figs 2-3, pl 31 fig 4)]; [not reported in Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 4°38'S, 57°16'E, Indian South Equatorial Current
Stigmatoteuthis chuni Pfeffer, 1912:286.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis dofleini (Pfeffer, 1912) [fide Voss (1969:784)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype [Chun (1910:170, pl 18 fig 1, pl 19 fig 6, pl 20 figs 1, 2, 5, 10, 12)] [fide Voss (1969:791)] [species not traced in Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 4°34'S, 53°42'W, Indian South Equatorial Current
Histioteuthis collinsii Verrill, 1879:241.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis bonnellii (Ferussac, 1834) [fide Voss (1969:833)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 730893
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 42°49'N, 62°57'W (Atlantic Ocean)
Histioteuthis cookiana Dell, 1951:1, figs 4-5.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis atlantica (Hoyle, 1885) [fide Voss et al. (1998:298)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M.5628 [fide Marshall (1996:43)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cook Strait, New Zealand
Calliteuthis corona Voss and Voss, 1962:191, figs 5-6.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subspecies; Histioteuthis corona [fide Young and Vecchione (ToL)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 576160 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:6)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 29°10'N, 88°00'W (Gulf of Mexico)
Histioteuthis bonnellii corpuscula Clarke, 1980:225, text-figs 185-186.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis bonnellii (Ferussac, 1834) [fide Voss et al. (1998:323)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype [fide Voss et al. (1998:326)]; not found [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:114)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Durban, South Africa (whale stomach)
Stigmatoteuthis dofleini Pfeffer, 1912:288.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis dofleini [fide Young and Vecchione (ToL)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ZMB? [= Calliteuthis ocellata Owen in Chun (1910:149,
text-figs 21-22; text-pl 1 figs 1-2; atlas pl 20 figs 7-8)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sagami Bay, Japan (collected by Doflein) [fide Voss (1969:791)]
Calliteuthis elongata Voss and Voss, 1962:184, figs 4, 6.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis reversa (Verrill, 1880) [fide Voss et al. (1998:305)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MCZ Holotype 224813
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39°21'N, 70°41'W (Atlantic Ocean)
Histioteuthis eltaninae Voss, 1969:755, figs 3d-e, 5c, 7d, 12-13, 14i-m.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss et al. (1998:313)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 576164 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:6)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 40°05'S, 149°55'W (Pacific Ocean)
Lolidona euphrosina Risso, 1854:33, pls 14-15.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis bonnellii (Ferussac, 1834) [fide Adam (1942:14)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MHNN?
TYPE LOCALITY. – “Great depths” [?Nice]
Stigmatoteuthis goodrichi Pfeffer, 1912:289, pl 22 figs 9-12.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis species dubium [fide Voss (1969:858)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Voss (1969:858)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 31°N, 41°W (Atlantic Ocean)
Calliteuthis (Meleagroteuthis) heteropsis Berry, 1913:75.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis heteropsis [fide Voss (1969:815)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214620; specimen not extant [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:14)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Santa Barbara Island, California
Histiopsis hoylei Goodrich, 1896:15, pl 4 figs 62-71.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis hoylei [fide Voss et al. (1998:315)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMGW Holotype [fide Voss et al. (1998:318)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean
Meleagroteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1900:170.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum [fide Voss (1969:804)]
Meleagroteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1908:292.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Junior homonym of Histioteuthis hoylei (Goodrich, 1896)
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMH Holotype [fide Pfeffer (1912:296)] [species not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Fonseca Bay, West coast Central America
Calliteuthis inermis Taki, 1964:287, text-figs 21-33, pl 1 figs 3-4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis inermis [fide Young and Vecchione (ToL)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZIKU Holotype [fide Taki (1964:287)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Kambara, Suruga Bay, Japan
Stigmatoteuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912:284.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis species dubium [fide Voss (1969:857)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype [Hoyle (1886:183, pl 33 figs 12-15)], not extant [fide
Lipinski et al. (2000:114)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 35°11'N, 139°28'E (Pacific Ocean)
Histioteuthis macrohista Voss, 1969:845, figs 4a-b, 6f, 8g, 33, 36-37.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Voss et al. (1998:329)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 576761 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:9)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 45°10'S, 160°10'E (Tasman Sea)
Calliteuthis reversa mediterranea Naef, 1921:541.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum; Histioteuthis reversa (Verrill, 1880) [fide Voss (1969:745)]
Calliteuthis meleagroteuthis Chun, 1910:170.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis [fide Voss (1967:75)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; AIM Neotype 057.13 [fide Voss et al. (1998:351)];
NMNZ Neotype M.22403 [fide Marshall (1996:44)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 35°45'S, 176°20'E (Pacific Ocean)
Calliteuthis miranda Berry, 1918:221, text-figs 5-9, pls 61-62.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis miranda [fide Voss (1969:797)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Neotype 576165 [fide Voss (1969:801)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 37°54'S, 178°56'E (Pacific Ocean) [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:15)]
Histiothauma oceani Robson, 1948:123, text-fig 7.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis oceani [fide Voss et al. (1998:345)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1947.7.8.95 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:108)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 2°33'S, 89°44'W (E Pacific Ocean)
Loligopsis ocellata Owen, 1881:139, pl 26 figs 3-8, pl 27.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis species dubium [fide Voss (1969:855)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [fide Voss (1969:856)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "Chinese sea"
Calliteuthis celetaria pacifica Voss, 1962:174.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis pacifica [fide Young and Vecchione (ToL)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 575453 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:10)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Dammi Island, between Jolo and Tawi Tawi, Philippine Islands
Calliteuthis reversa Verrill, 1880:393.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Histioteuthis reversa [fide Voss (1969:745)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 574849 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:12)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39°53'N, 70°58'W (Atlantic Ocean)
Histioteuthis ruppelli Verany, 1846:17, 28, pl 3.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis bonnellii (Ferussac, 1834) [fide Voss (1969:833)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MHNN Holotype [fide Voss (1969:833)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Genova, Italy
Meleagroteuthis separata Sasaki, 1915:131, figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis (Chun, 1910) [fide Voss (1969:804)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MSUT[TIU] Holotype [fide Sasaki (1929:265)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sagami Bay, Japan
Stigmatoteuthis verrilli Pfeffer, 1912:285.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Histioteuthis reversa (Verrill, 1880) [fide Voss (1969:745)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 729738
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 41°13'N, 66°00'W (Atlantic Ocean)
Type Repositories
AIM- Auckland Institute and Museum, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand.
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).
MCZ- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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)]
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 catalog 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).
ZIKU-Zoological Institute, College of Science, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan.
ZIN- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199164, Russia.
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]