WoRMS taxon details
Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, 1885
342272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342272)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 235 [details]
page(s): 235 [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342272 on 2025-03-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 235 [details]
page(s): 235 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425.
page(s): 409 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Amphitretidae. pp. 217-219, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425.
page(s): 409 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Amphitretidae. pp. 217-219, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat meso-bathypelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Telescope octopus | [details] |
| Japanese | クラゲダコ | [details] |
| Russian | Амфитретус пелагический | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphitretus pelagicus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphitretus pelagicus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
