Genus Histioteuthis D'Orbigny in d'Orbigny & Férussac, 1841

Museums

Regional Maps

• Histioteuthis d'Orbigny, A. in Férrussac, A. & d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes Acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. 2 Vols Paris : J.-B. Baillière Libraire de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine 361 pp. [37].

  Type species:

   Cranchia bonnellii Férussac, 1834 by monotypy.
• Calliteuthis Verrill, A.E. 1880. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks of the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science 20: 390-403 [393].

  Type species:

   Calliteuthis reversa Verrill, 1881 by original designation.
• Lolidona Risso, J.A. 1854. Mollusques Cephalopodes vivants observes dans les parage mediterraneen du Comte de Nice. Nice pp. 81.

  Type species:

   Lolidona euphrosina Risso, 1854 by original designation.
• Histiopsis Hoyle, W.E. 1885. Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger. Part 2. The Decapoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 181-203 [201].

  Type species:

   Histiopsis atlantica Hoyle, 1885 by monotypy.
• Hoylia Cossman, 1900.
• Meleagroteuthis Pfeffer, G. 1900. Synopsis der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 17: 145-198 [170].

  Type species:

   Meleagroteuthis hoylei Pfeffer, 1900 by monotypy.
• Stigmatoteuthis Pfeffer, G. 1900. Synopsis der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 17: 145-198 [170].

  Type species:

   Calliteuthis hoylei Goodrich, 1896 by monotypy.
• Histiothauma Robson, G.C. 1948. The Cephalopoda Decapoda of the Arcturus Oceanographic Expedition, 1925. Zoologica (New York) N.Y. 33: 115-132 [123].

  Type species:

   Histiothauma oceani Robson, 1948 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Voss, N.A. 1969. A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic. The family Histioteuthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 19: 713-867 [740]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795	28-Jul-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid
20-Mar-2014	TEUTHIDA	04-Sep-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)