WoRMS name details
Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881
325309 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325309)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Ommastrephes robustus A. E. Verrill, 1876 accepted as Onykia robusta (A. E. Verrill, 1876) (type by original designation)
- Species Moroteuthis aequatorialis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Onykia aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920) (original combination)
- Species Moroteuthis ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Onykia ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Moroteuthopsis ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881)
- Species Moroteuthis knipovitchi Filippova, 1972 accepted as Filippovia knipovitchi (Filippova, 1972) (original combination)
- Species Moroteuthis lonnbergii Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914 accepted as Onykia lonnbergii (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Moroteuthis lönnbergii Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914 accepted as Moroteuthis lonnbergii Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914 accepted as Onykia lonnbergii (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Moroteuthis pacifica Okutani, 1983 accepted as Onykia robusta (A. E. Verrill, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Moroteuthis robsoni Adam, 1962 accepted as Onykia robsoni (Adam, 1962) (original combination)
- Species Moroteuthis robusta (A. E. Verrill, 1876) accepted as Onykia robusta (A. E. Verrill, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill A.E. (1881). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern coast of New England, N° 2. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3, 22: 292-303., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920959
page(s): 298 [details]
page(s): 298 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325309 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill A.E. (1881). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern coast of New England, N° 2. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3, 22: 292-303., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920959
page(s): 298 [details]
page(s): 298 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Wakabayashi T., Kubodera T., Sakai M., Ichii T. & Chow S. (2007) Molecular evidence for synonymy of genera <i>Moroteuthis</i> and <i>Onykia</i> and identification of their paralarvae from northern Hawaiian waters. <i>J. Mar Biol Assoc UK</i> 87: 959–965. [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
