• Brachioteuthis Verrill, A.E. 1881. The cephalopods of the north-eastern coast of America, Part II. The smaller cephalopods, including the "squids" and the octopi, with other allied forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 259-446 [405].

  Type species:

   Brachioteuthis beanii Verrill, 1881 by original designation.
• Tracheloteuthis Steenstrup, J.J. 1882. En ny Blaekspruttes laegt: Tracheloteuthis. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1881: 293-294 [293].

  Type species (included species):

   Tracheloteuthis riisei Steenstrup, 1882; Tracheloteuthis riisei Steenstrup, 1882
• Verrilliola Pfeffer, G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 63-90 3 pls [82].

  Type species (included species):

   Loligopsis vermicularis Rüppell, 1884; Verrilliola gracilis Pfeffer, 1884; Verrilliola nympha Pfeffer, 1884
• Entomopsis Rochebrune, A.T. 1884. Etude monographique de la famille des Loligopsidae. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 8: 7-28 pls 1, 2 [21].

  Type species:

   Entomopsis velaini Rochebrune, 1884 by indication.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Chun, C. 1910. Die Cephalopoden 1. Teil: Oegopsida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 18: 1-542 [206]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Brachioteuthis behnii Steenstrup, J.J. 1882. En ny Blaekspruttes laegt: Tracheloteuthis. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1881: 293-294.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC, Indian Ocean (purchased); west coast of New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean; no locality.
• Entomopsis clouei Rochebrune, 1884.

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNP (Specimen no longer extant.), Atlantic Ocean.
• Verrilliola gracilis Pfeffer, 1884.

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH (Type repository unresolved.), Solomon Islands.
• Tracheloteuthis behnii Steenstrup, J.J. 1882. En ny Blaekspruttes laegt: Tracheloteuthis. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1881: 293-294.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC CEP-000075 (Three syntypes.), Indian Ocean (purchased), west coast of New Guinea. Locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Brachioteuthis behnii (Steenstrup, 1882).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Equatorial and central waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean as well as equatorial Atlantic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Brachioteuthis picta Chun, 1910.

History of changes

• Tracheloteuthis riisei Steenstrup, J.J. 1882. En ny Blaekspruttes laegt: Tracheloteuthis. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1881: 293-294 [294].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMC Hoyle 1905 No. 7, (Atlantic Ocean) [34°40'S 7°W].

  Type locality references:

  Hoyle, W.E. 1905. On specimens of Tracheloteuthis and Cirroteuthis from deep water off the west coast of Ireland. Annual Report of the Fisheries of Ireland 1902–3(2 app. 3): 93-98.
• Verrilliola gracilis Pfeffer, G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 63-90 3 pls [82].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Solomon Is.
• Verrilliola nympha Pfeffer, G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 63-90 3 pls [83].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Chili, Zanzibar.
• Entomopsis velaini Rochebrune, A.T. 1884. Etude monographique de la famille des Loligopsidae. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 8: 7-28 pls 1, 2 [21].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
• Entomopsis clovei Rochebrune, A.T. 1884. Etude monographique de la famille des Loligopsidae. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 8: 7-28 pls 1, 2 [22].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
• Entomopsis alicei Joubin, L. 1900. Céphalopodes provenant des campagnes de la Princesse-Alice (1891–1897). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 17: 1-135 15 pls [92].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clarke, M.R. 1966. A review of the systematics and ecology of oceanic squids. Advances in Marine Biology 4: 91-300 [162]

Generic Combinations

• Brachioteuthis riisei (Steenstrup, 1882).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Heard Is.

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, epipelagic, oceanic, temperate, tropical.

General References

Allan, J. 1945. Planktonic cephalopod larvae from the eastern Australian coast. Records of the Australian Museum 21: 317-350 pls 24-27 (distribution)

Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. 2010. Family Brachioteuthidae. pp. 129-134 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 pp. 1-605. [130] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology, interest to fisheries)

Common Name References

Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. 2010. Family Brachioteuthidae. pp. 129-134 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 pp. 1-605. [130] (Common Arm Squid)

History of changes