WoRMS taxon details
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G. C. Robson, 1925
325299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325299)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Robson, G. C. (1925). On <i>Mesonychoteuthis</i>, a new genus of oegopsid Cephalopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 9, 16: 272-277, 2 figs. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G. C. Robson, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325299 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Robson, G. C. (1925). On <i>Mesonychoteuthis</i>, a new genus of oegopsid Cephalopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 9, 16: 272-277, 2 figs. [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <em>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.</em> pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 173 [details]
basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <em>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.</em> pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 173 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Rosa, R. & Seibel, B. A. (2010). Slow pace of life of the Antarctic colossal squid. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90: 1375-1378.</em> [details]
additional source Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Cephalopoda by Louise Allcock and Uwe Piatowski. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rosa, R. & Seibel, B. A. (2010). Slow pace of life of the Antarctic colossal squid. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90: 1375-1378.</em> [details]
additional source Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Cephalopoda by Louise Allcock and Uwe Piatowski. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat bathypelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Colossal squid | [details] |
| German | Koloss-Kalmar | [details] |
| Japanese | ダイオウホウズキイカ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2681260)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2681260)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
