Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Family Architeuthidae > Genus Architeuthis

Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Architeuthis*	Steenstrup, 1857	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Loligo hartingii*	Verrill, 1875	basionym
*Architeuthis clarkei*	Robson, 1933	synonym
*Architeuthis hartingii*	(Verrill, 1875)	synonym
*Architeuthis nawaji*	Cadenat, 1935	synonym
*Architeuthis princeps*	Verrill, 1875	synonym
*Loligo hartingii*	Verrill, 1875	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: giant squid sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

French: calmar géant sources: Winkelmann I., Campos P.F., Strugnell J., Cherel Y., Smith P.J., Kubodera T., Allcock L., Kampmann M.-L., Schroeder H., Guerra A., Norman M., Finn J., Ingrao D., Clarke M. & Gilbert T.P. (2013) Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 280: 20130273.

Swedish: jättebläckfiskar

Literature

original description	Steenstrup J. 1857. Oplysninger om Atlanterhavets colossale blaeksprutter Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres, 7 (1856): 182-185
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
additional source	Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
taxonomy source	Winkelmann I., Campos P.F., Strugnell J., Cherel Y., Smith P.J., Kubodera T., Allcock L., Kampmann M.-L., Schroeder H., Guerra A., Norman M., Finn J., Ingrao D., Clarke M. & Gilbert T.P. (2013) Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 280: 20130273.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
GenBank (60 nucleotides; 767 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857. 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:342218