Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Cirrata > Family Opisthoteuthidae > Genus Opisthoteuthis

Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opisthoteuthis*	Verrill, 1883	accepted genus name
*Cirroteuthopsis*	Grimpe, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Cirroteuthopsis massyae*	Grimpe, 1920	synonym
*Opisthoteuthis vossi*	Sanchez & Guerra, 1989	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Villanueva, R.; Collins, M.A.; Sánchez, P.; Voss, N.A. (2002). Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 71(2): 933-985
additional source	Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153060