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

Brachioteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Entomopsis*	Rochebrune, 1884	synonym
*Tracheloteuthis*	Steenstrup, 1882	synonym
*Verrilliola*	Pfeffer, 1884	synonym

Children

Brachioteuthis behnii (Steenstrup, 1882)
Brachioteuthis bowmani E. S. Russell, 1909
Brachioteuthis picta Chun, 1910
Brachioteuthis riisei (Steenstrup, 1882)

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1881). The Cephalopods of the Northeastern 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, pl. 26-56.
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 Brachioteuthidae. 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. 129-134.
additional source	Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachioteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881. 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:137697