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

Discoteuthis R. E. Young & Roper, 1969

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Discoteuthis laciniosa R. E. Young & Roper, 1969

Literature

original description

Young R.E. & Roper C.F.E. (1969). A monograph of the Cephalopoda of the North Atlantic: the family Cycloteuthidae.. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 5: 1-24, 3 figures, 9 plates.

basis of record

Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cycloteuthidae. 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. 179-182.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Discoteuthis R. E. Young & Roper, 1969. 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:196594

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2016-06-07 by Julian Finn

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