Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Vampyromorpha > Family Vampyroteuthidae

Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Danateuthis*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Hansenoteuthis*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Melanoteuthis*	Joubin, 1912	synonym
*Retroteuthis*	Joubin, 1929	synonym
*Watasella*	Sasaki, 1920	synonym

Children

Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コウモリダコ属

Literature

original description	Chun, C. (1902-1903). Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. Schilderungen von der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Mit 6 Chromolithographien, 8 Heliogravüren, 32 als Tafeln gedruckten Vollbildern, 3 Karten und 482 Abbiludingen im Text. Zweite umgearbeitete und stark vermehrte Auflage. Jena, G. Fischer. ix + 592 pp., 46 pls., 3 maps.
additional source	Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. Invertebrate Systematics. 33: 402-425.
additional source	Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Vampyroteuthidae. pp. 268-270, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903. 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:138623