MolluscaBase - Plectoteuthis grandis R. Owen, 1881

MolluscaBase name details

Plectoteuthis grandis R. Owen, 1881

AphiaID

582593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582593)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Plectoteuthis R. Owen, 1881

Parent

Plectoteuthis R. Owen, 1881 accepted as Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857

Original name

Plectoteuthis grandis R. Owen, 1881

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Owen, R. (1881). Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (Part II). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 11(5): 131-170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69803
page(s): 156 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plectoteuthis grandis R. Owen, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582593 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-10-21 21:13:36Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-05 01:28:00Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2024-12-08 07:22:04Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Owen, R. (1881). Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (Part II). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 11(5): 131-170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69803
page(s): 156 [details]