Genus Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932

Museums

Regional Maps

• Grimpoteuthis Robson, G.C. 1932. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Pt 2. The Octopoda (excluding the Octopodinae). London : British Museum (Natural History) 359 pp. 6 pls.

  Type species:

   Cirroteuthis umbellata Fischer, 1884 by original designation.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southern Province (8)

General References

Verhoeff, T. & O'Shea, S. 2022. New records and two new species of Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Cirrata: Grimpoteuthididae) from southern Australia and New Zealand. Molluscan Research 42: 4-30 [8] (recognised in family Grimpoteuthididae O’Shea, 1999)

History of changes