WoRMS name details
Opisthoteuthis californiana S. S. Berry, 1949
342092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342092)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Berry, S. S. (1949). A new <i>Opisthoteuthis</i> from the eastern Pacific. <em>Leaflets in Malacology.</em> 1(6): 23-26. [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthis californiana S. S. Berry, 1949. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342092 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Berry, S. S. (1949). A new <i>Opisthoteuthis</i> from the eastern Pacific. <em>Leaflets in Malacology.</em> 1(6): 23-26. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]
[request]basis of record Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 297 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Verhoeff, T. (2025). Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part II northwestern Australia and adjacent waters. <em>Australian Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 92: 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.c46g9
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
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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 Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 250 [details]
additional source Berry, S. S. (1955). The male flapjack devilfish. <em>California Fish and Game.</em> 41(3): 219-224.
note: description of mature male [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 250 [details]
additional source Berry, S. S. (1955). The male flapjack devilfish. <em>California Fish and Game.</em> 41(3): 219-224.
note: description of mature male [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat neritic to bathyal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | flapjack octopusCalifornia flapjack octopus | [details] |
| Japanese | オオメンダコ | [details] |
| Russian | Опистотеутис калифорнийский | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opisthoteuthis californiana)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opisthoteuthis californiana)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
