Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Mesonychoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1925

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RAS taxon details

Mesonychoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1925

AphiaID

325298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325298)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G. C. Robson, 1925 (type by original designation)

Parent

Taoniinae Pfeffer, 1912

Original name

Mesonychoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1925

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Species Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G. C. Robson, 1925

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Robson, G. C. (1925). On Mesonychoteuthis, a new genus of oegopsid Cephalopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 9, 16: 272-277, 2 figs. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesonychoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1925. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325298 on 2026-07-31

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Mesonychoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1925. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325298 on 2026-07-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-06 07:11:21Z

created

Decock, Wim

2011-02-09 20:12:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-06 11:34:44Z

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Finn, Julian

2022-08-27 09:38:30Z

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Vos, Chris

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original description Robson, G. C. (1925). On Mesonychoteuthis, a new genus of oegopsid Cephalopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 9, 16: 272-277, 2 figs. [details]

basis of record Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science. 30(2): 365-412., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000002/art00003
page(s): 394 [details]

additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 172 [details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesonychoteuthis)
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