original description
Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444
page(s): 401 [details]
basis of record
Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Bathyteuthidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 124-126., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 124 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Bathyteuthis abyssicola was described in 1885 by Hoyle. Benthoteuthis megalops was described by Verrill, also in 1885. These species were recognized as being the same entity, but both names continued to be used for years because no firm date of priority for publication had been established. The actual dates of publication of these two species were not verified until 1969 when it was established conclusively that B. abyssicola had priority by two months (Roper, 1969). [from Tree of Life website] [details]