Note

Taxa Associated with the Family Vampyroteuthidae

Michael J. Sweeney and Richard E. Young
(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Danateuthis Joubin, 1929:375.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Danateuthis schmidti Joubin, 1929 by monotypy


Hansenoteuthis Joubin, 1929:388.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903 [fide Nesis (1987:276)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Hansenoteuthis lucens Joubin, 1929 by monotypy


Hymenoteuthis Thiele, 1916:4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Cirroteuthis macrope Berry, 1911 by monotypy


Melanoteuthis Joubin, 1912:1, figs 1-12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1910 [fide Pickford (1939:1)
TYPE SPECIES. -- Melanoteuthis lucens Joubin, 1912 by monotypy


Retroteuthis Joubin, 1929:383.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Retroteuthis pacifica Joubin, 1929 by monotypy


Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903:88, text-fig.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Robson (1932:98)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 by monotypy


Watasella Sasaki, 1920:168.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903 [fide Nesis (1987:276)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Watasella nigra Sasaki, 1920 by monotypy

 

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Melanoteuthis anderseni Joubin, 1931:170, figs 1-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:220)] [see also Pickford (1949:124)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 7°30'N, 79°19'W (Pacific Ocean)


Melanoteuthis beebei Robson, 1929:470, figs 1-8.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:9)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1947.5.21.1 [not 1947.7.7.3-6 fide Lipinski et al. (2000:110); incorrect catalog number, same as Helicocranchia beebei syntypes]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South of Coccos Island, 4°45'N, 87°00'W (Pacific Ocean)


Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903:88, text-fig.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Pickford (1939:48)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype Moll.-63850 [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:275)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 1°56.7'S, 7°40.6'E (Atlantic Ocean) [fide Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000:275)]


Hansenoteuthis lucens Joubin, 1929:388, figs 17-23.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)] [see also Pickford (1949:123)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 14°38'N, 61°16'W (Caribbean Sea)


Melanoteuthis lucens Joubin, 1912:1, figs 1-12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1910 [fide Pickford (1939:1)
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Holotype [station 2118] [fide Belloc (1950:2)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sargasso Sea, 31°40[']30"N, 42°44'30"W


Cirroteuthis macrope Berry, 1911:589.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 214317 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:15)] [see also Pickford (1949:127)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 32°54'20"N, 121°11'15"W (Pacific Ocean)


Watasella nigra Sasaki, 1920:168, pl 23 fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:9)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 332892 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:10)] [see also Pickford (1949:128)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Kii Province (33°23'N, 135°37'40"E), Japan


Retroteuthis pacifica Joubin, 1929:383, figs 13-16.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)] [see also Pickford (1949:126)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 7°30'N, 79°19'W (Pacific Ocean)


Danateuthis schmidti Joubin, 1929:375, figs 7-12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 [fide Pickford (1946:7)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:224)] [see also Pickford (1949:122)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 18°50'N, 79°07'W (Caribbean Sea)

Melanoteuthis schmidti Joubin, 1929:372, figs 3-6.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1906 [fide Pickford (1946)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:224)] [see also Pickford (1949:126)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 17°56'N, 64°50'W (Caribbean Sea)

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)]

MOM- Musée Océanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, 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)]

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

References

Berry, S.S. 1911. Preliminary notices of some new Pacific cephalopods. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 40(1838):589-592. Belloc, G. 1950. Catalogue des types de céphalopodes du Musée Océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, 970:1-10.

Chun, C. 1903. Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. 592 pages. Jena: Gustav Fischer, second edition.

Chun, C. 1915. Die Cephalopoden. Myopsida, Octopoda. Wissebschaftliche ergebnisse der deutschen tiefsee expedition auf dem dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 18(2):405-552, 414 figures, 34 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.

Joubin, L. 1912. Etude preliminaires sur les Céphalopodes recuillis au cours des croisières le S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. 1re Note: Melanoteuthis lucens nov. gen. et sp. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, 220:1-14, 12 figures.

Joubin, L. 1929. Notes preliminaires sur les Céphalopodes des croisières du DANA (1921-1922). Octopodes - 1re Partie. Annals de l'Institut Océanographique, (new series)6(4):363-394, 23 figures.

Joubin, L. 1931. Notes préliminaires sur les Céphalopodes des croisières du DANA (1921-1922), 3e Partie. Annals de l'Institut Océanographique, (new series)10(7):169-211, 48 figures.

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., F.A. Naggs, and M.A. Roeleveld. 2000. Catalogue of types of Recent cephalopods in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 50(1):101-120.

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.

Pickford, G.E. 1936. A new order of dibranchiate Cephalopoda. The Anatomical Record, 67(1)(supplement 1):77-78.

Pickford, G.E. 1939. A re-examination of the types of Melanoteuthis lucens Joubin. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique, 777:1-12.

Pickford, G.E. 1946. Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun an archaic dibranchiate cephalopod I. Natural history and distribution. Dana Report, 29:1-40, 8 figures.

Pickford, G.E. 1949. Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun an archaic dibranchiate cephalopod II. External anatomy. Dana Report, 32:1-132.

Robson, G.C. 1929. On the rare abyssal octopod Melanoteuthis beebei (sp. n.): a contribution to the phylogeny of the Octopoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1929(3):469-486, 8 figures.

Robson, G.C. 1932. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part II. The Octopoda. 359 pages, 79 figures, 6 plates. London: British Museum.

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.

Sasaki, M. 1920. Report on cephalopods collected during 1906 by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in the northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 57(2310):163-203, 4 plates.

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.

Thiele, J. 1916. Bemerkungen über die Systematik der achtarmigen Cephalopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 48(1):3-4.

Volsoe, A., J. Knudsen and W. Rees. 1962. The cephalopod papers of Japetus Steenstrup; a translation into English. Danish Science Press, Copenhagen, 330 pages.

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