Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Enoploteuthoidea > Family Ancistrocheiridae

Ancistrocheirus J. E. Gray, 1849

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ancistrocheiridae. In P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, 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, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 118-120.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancistrocheirus J. E. Gray, 1849. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137649