Taxa Associated with the Family Onychoteuthidae

(data as of December, 2010)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Ancistroteuthis Gray, 1849: 55

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid genus, fide Naef (1923: 326).
TYPE SPECIES: Onychoteuthis lichtensteinii Férussac, 1835 in Férussac and d’Orbigny, 1834–1848 (species first mentioned).

Callimachus Bolstad, 2010: 136

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid genus.
TYPE SPECIES: Onykia rancureli Okutani, 1981, by original designation.

Chaunoteuthis Appellöf, 1891: 3

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818, fide Arkhipkin and Nigmatullin (1997: 861).
TYPE SPECIES: Chaunoteuthis mollis Appellöf, 1891, by monotypy.

Filippovia Bolstad, 2010: 136

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid genus.
TYPE SPECIES: Moroteuthis knipovitchi Filippova, 1972, by monotypy.

Kondakovia Filippova, 1972: 395

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid genus, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 285).
TYPE SPECIES: Kondakovia longimana Filippova, 1972, by monotypy.

Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881b: 298

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia Lesueur, 1821, fide Tsuchiya & Okutani (1992), Wakabayashi et al. (2007), Bolstad (2010).
TYPE SPECIES: Ommastrephes robustus Verrill, 1876 by original designation.

Moroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1908a: 295

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia (Moroteuthopsis) [subgenus], fide Bolstad (2010: 96.
TYPE SPECIES: Onychoteuthis ingens Smith, 1881 by original designation.

Notonykia Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998: 154

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid genus, fide Nesis (2000: 274).
TYPE SPECIES: Notonykia africanae Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998, by monotypy.

Onychia Latreille, 1825 [fide Gray (1849)]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia Lesueur, 1821 (proposed as emendation of Onykia; preoccupied in Lepidoptera).
TYPE SPECIES: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821.

Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818: 1591

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid genus, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 278).
TYPE SPECIES: Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818 by original designation.

Onykia Lesueur, 1821: 98

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid genus, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 282).
TYPE SPECIES: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 by monotypy.

Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884: 16

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia Lesueur, 1821, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 278).
TYPE SPECIES: Steenstrupiola chilensis Pfeffer, 1884, by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910b: 413).

Teleonychoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900: 158

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818, fide Nesis (1987a: 183).
TYPE SPECIES: Onychoteuthis krohnii Vérany, 1851, by monotypy.

Teleoteuthis Verrill, 1882a: 280

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 278).
TYPE SPECIES: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821, by original designation.

Walvisteuthis Nesis and Nikitina, 1986

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved (see 'Nomenclature' for Callimachus Bolstad, 2010).
TYPE SPECIES: Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986, by monotypy.

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Moroteuthis aequatorialis Thiele, 1920: 442, pls 53–54

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onykia aequatorialis, fide Bolstad (2010: 83).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMB Holotype Moll.-110000, fide Glaubrecht & Salcedo-Vargas (2000: 271).
TYPE LOCALITY: 0°16'N, 18°07'W (Atlantic Ocean).

Onychoteuthis aequimanus Gabb, 1868: 23, pl 2, fig 1

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2008a: 489).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ANSP A6444, 2 Syntypes (previous no. 74028), fide Spamer & Bogan (1992: 1).
TYPE LOCALITY: Society Islands (South Pacific Ocean).

Notonykia africanae Nesis, Roeleveld & Nikitina, 1998: 154, figs 1–4

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Nesis (2000: 274), Bolstad (2010: 122).
TYPE REPOSITORY: SAMC Holotype S3414; 13 paratypes, SAMC S3412 to S3421, S3452.
TYPE LOCALITY: Off South-western Cape, South Africa (33°42'S, 17°20'E).

Teleoteuthis (Onychia) agilis Verrill, 1885a: 400, pl 42 figs 2–2a

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821, fide Voss (1956: 126), Bolstad (2010: 62).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NMNH Holotype 40129, fide Roper & Sweeney (1978: 3).
TYPE LOCALITY: 36°05'30"N, 69°51'45"W (Atlantic Ocean).

Onykia angulatus Lesueur, 1821: 100, pl 9 fig 3

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved (Pfeffer [1912: 70] considered junior synonym of Onychoteuthis banksii; type material not available for examination by Bolstad [2010]).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN Syntype 3-1-628 and 3-1-643 (gladius), fide Lu et al. (1995: 310).
TYPE LOCALITY: Grand [Pacific] Ocean.

Teleoteuthis appellofi Pfeffer, 1900: 157, 158

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved (Voss [1956: 128] considered valid; type material not available for examination by Bolstad [2010]).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Type repository unresolved; ZMH or Leipzig Museum?
TYPE LOCALITY: Atlantic Ocean.

Steenstrupiola atlantica Pfeffer, 1884: 17, figs 21–21a

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821, fide Clarke (1966: 150).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMH Syntypes [not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)].
TYPE LOCALITY: Atlantic Ocean.

Loligo banksii Leach, 1817b: 141

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onychoteuthis banksii, fide d’Orbigny (1845: 386, in 1845–1847), Bolstad (2008a, 2010).
TYPE REPOSITORY: BMNH Holotype 1986266.
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated; collected from Gulf of Guinea, fide Leach (1818: 395).

Loligo bartlingii Lesueur, 1821: 95, pl 10

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 170).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ANSP; specimen not extant, fide Voss (1962e: 1), and see Lu et al. (1995: 311).
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated.

Onychoteuthis bellonii Lichtenstein, 1818: 1592

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen nudum, fide Lu et al. (1995: 312).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Unresolved; see Lu et al. (1995: 312).
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated.

Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818: 1592

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010: 23).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMB Moll.121 (lectotype), ZMB Moll.123 (paralectotype), fide Glaubrecht & Salcedo-Vargas (2000: 280).
TYPE LOCALITY: Cape of Good Hope.

Loligo bianconii Vérany, 1847: 514

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onychoteuthis sp. [fide Steenstrup (1880: 100)]
TYPE REPOSITORY: Unresolved; MHNN Holotype? (other taxa there, fide G.L. Voss (pers. comm.).
TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean.

Onychia binotata Pfeffer, 1884: 19, figs 24–24d

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821, fide Pfeffer (1912: 49)
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMH [four syntypes, not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001)].
TYPE LOCALITY: Atlantic Ocean (one); Layas-Insel (three).

Onychoteuthis borealijaponicus Okada, 1927a: 7

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onychoteuthis borealijaponica, fide Young (1972: XX).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NSMT 76092 (neotype), fide Bolstad (2010: 40).
TYPE LOCALITY: Japan.

Onychoteuthis brachyptera Pfeffer, 1884: 20, fig 26

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Nesis et al. (1998: 154).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMH Holotype; not extant, fide Nesis et al. (1998: 154).
TYPE LOCALITY: Chile.

Onychoteuthis brevimanus Gould, 1852: 483, fig 596

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2008a: 258).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Unknown; not found by Johnson (1964: 32).
TYPE LOCALITY: 120 miles west of Tutuila, Samoa Islands.

Loligo cardioptera Lesueur & Petit, 1807: pl 30 fig 5

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved; Steenstrup (1880: 96) considered junior synonym of Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821, but specimen not located for examination by Bolstad (2010).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN Syntype 3-2-647, fide Lu et al. (1995: 313).
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated.

Teleoteuthis caroli Joubin, 1900: 64, pl 11 figs 2–10

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved; Pfeffer (1912: 71) considered junior synonym of Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MOM (three syntypes, station 760), fide Belloc (1950: 4).
TYPE LOCALITY: Gulf of Gascogne (from stomach of tuna).

Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821: 98, pl 9 figs 1–2

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Nesis (1987a: 188), Bolstad (2010: 62).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NMNH 40121 (neotype), fide Bolstad (2010: 63); original ANSP holotype not extant, fide Voss (1962e: 1), and see Lu et al. (1995: 313).
TYPE LOCALITY: Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Stream.

Steenstrupiola chilensis Pfeffer, 1884: 16, figs 20–20a

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Nesis et al. (1998: 154).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMH (two syntypes); not extant, fide Nesis et al. (1998: 154).
TYPE LOCALITY: Chile.

Teleoteuthis compacta Berry, 1913b: 565

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onychoteuthis compacta, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 279), Bolstad (2008a, 2010).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NMNH 214381 (holotype), fide Sweeney et al. (1988: 12).
TYPE LOCALITY: Off Kauai Island, Hawaiian Islands.

Onychia curta Pfeffer, 1884: 19, figs 25–25b

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved; Pfeffer (1912: 37) considered junior synonym of Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821.
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMH (two syntypes); not traced in Guerrero-Kommritz (2001).
TYPE LOCALITY: Banda-See; Whytootake.

Onychoteuthis dussumieri d’Orbigny, 1839–1842

in Férussac & d’Orbigny, 1834–1848: 335, Onychoteuthe pl 13, fide Tillier & Boucher-Rodoni (1994: 101); taxon dated from plate

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Nesis & Nikitina (1990: 46).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN type; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 315).
TYPE LOCALITY: 200 miles north of Mauritius, fide Lu et al. (1995: 315).

Loligo felina Blainville, 1823: 127

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 170).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN holotype; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 316).
TYPE LOCALITY: Baie des Chiens Marins, New Holland [Shark Bay, Australia].

Onychoteuthis fleuryi Reynaud in Lesson, 1831: 61, pl 17

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 170).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN type; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 316).
TYPE LOCALITY: Atlantic Ocean.

Onychoteuthis fusiformis Gabb, 1862: 171

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 171).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Not extant; formerly CASIZ, fide Bolstad (2010: 171).
TYPE LOCALITY: Cape Horn?

Onychoteuthis hamatus Risso, 1854: 35, pl 16, figs 1–2

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii (Férussac, 1835 in Férussac & d’Orbigny, 1834–1848), fide Adam (1942: 15).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Type repository unresolved; MHNN?
TYPE LOCALITY: Over gravel in spring and summer (?Nice).

Onychoteuthis horstkottei Bolstad, 2010: 58, figs 28, 29

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010: 58).
TYPE REPOSITORY: SBMNH 61618 (holotype); SBMNH 61605 (two paratypes), SBMNH 144735 (two paratypes).
TYPE LOCALITY: Eastern equatorial Pacific, 16°N, 110°10'W.

Onykia indica Okutani, 1981: 159, figs 10–14

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010: 93).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NSMT Mo-59493 (holotype), fide Kubodera & Tsuchiya (1993, unpaginated).
TYPE LOCALITY: 11°34'S, 109°46'E (Indian Ocean), from lancetfish stomach.

Onychoteuthis ingens Smith, 1881: 25, pl 3 figs 1–1d

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onykia (Moroteuthopsis) ingens, fide Bolstad (2010: 96).
TYPE REPOSITORY: BMNH 1880.10.8.1 (holotype, head only), fide Lipinski et al. (2000: 107).
TYPE LOCALITY: Port Riofrio, West coast of Patagonia.

Teleoteuthis intermedia Pfeffer, 1912: 68, pl 2 figs 1–6

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Nesis et al. (1998: 154).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMH holotype; no longer extant, fide Guerrero-Kommritz (2001: 174).
TYPE LOCALITY: 38°S, 54°W (Southwest Atlantic Ocean).

Onykia japonica Taki, 1964: 278, text-figs 1–10, pl 1 fig 1

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia (Onykia) robusta (Verrill, 1876), fide Tsuchiya & Okutani (1992: 141).
TYPE REPOSITORY: YTKC Holotype.
TYPE LOCALITY: Western part of Tosa Bay to Bungo Channel, Japan.

Teleoteuthis jattai Joubin, 1900: 67, pls 10, 15

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 172).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MOM (two syntypes, station 812); not extant, fide Belloc (1950: 4), M.A.C. Roeleveld, pers. comm.
TYPE LOCALITY: Southwest of Madeira, 31°04'N, 27°11'W.

Onychoteuthis kamtschatica Middendorff, 1849: 515, pl 12

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Gonatus kamtschaticus, fide Nesis (1987a: 200).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Unresolved, fide Roper & Sweeney (1998: 572).
TYPE LOCALITY: Schumschu Island, Kurile Islands.

Moroteuthis knipovitchi Filippova, 1972: 392, figs 2–3

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Filippovia knipovitchi, fide Bolstad (2010: 133).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMMGU Holotype.
TYPE LOCALITY: near South Georgia Island.

Onychoteuthis krohnii Vérany, 1847: 513

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved [Pfeffer (1912: 55) and Adam (1952: 77) considered junior synonym of Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817); type material not available for examination by Bolstad (2010)].
TYPE REPOSITORY: MHNN, fide M.A.C. Roelveld, pers. comm.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean.

Onychoteuthis lacrima Bolstad & Seki in Bolstad, 2008a: 513, figs 48–54

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010: 50).
TYPE REPOSITORY: SBMNH 423106 (holotype); SBMNH 423107 (one paratype) and NMNH 1125590 (three paratypes).
TYPE LOCALITY: North Pacific, 37°59'N, 179°28'W.

Loligo laticeps Owen, 1836: 20 [see Owen (1842: pl 21 figs 6–12)]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 170).
TYPE REPOSITORY: 4 syntypes, repository unresolved; ?Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, fide Owen (1842: 103).
TYPE LOCALITY: In Sargasso weed at 29°17'N, 46°57'W (Atlantic Ocean).

Onychoteuthis leachii d’Orbigny, 1835

in Férussac & d’Orbigny, 1834–1848: 333, Onycho. pl 10 figs 1–4, fide Tillier & Boucher-Rodoni (1994: 102); taxon dated from plate

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 170).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN type; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 318).
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated.

Onychoteuthis lessonii Férussac, 1830 in Lesson, 1830–1831: 241, pl 1 fig 3

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 170).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN type; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 319).
TYPE LOCALITY: Grand [Pacific] Ocean, Peru to Societe Islands.

Enoploteuthis lesueurii d’Orbigny, 1842

in Férussac & d’Orbigny, 1834–1848: 339, Onychoteuthe pl 14, fide Bello (1992: 142)

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Ancistrocheirus lesueuri, fide Gray (1849: 50).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN 2-14-614 (holotype), 2-14-615 (gladius), 2-14-616 (beaks) ,fide Lu et al. (1995: 319).
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated.

Onychoteuthis lesueurii d’Orbigny, 1835

in Férussac & d’Orbigny, 1834–1848: 330, Onychoteuthe, pl 4, fide Tillier & Boucher-Rodoni (1994: 102); taxon dated from plate

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved; same specimen as syntype of Onykia angulatus Lesueur, 1821; not available for examination by Bolstad (2010).
See also Bello (1992).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN 3-1-628 (holotype) and 3-1-643 (gladius), fide Lu et al. (1995: 319).
TYPE LOCALITY: Grand [Pacific] Ocean.

Onychoteuthis lichtensteini Férussac, 1835

in Férussac & d’Orbigny, 1834–1848: 334, Onychoteuthe, pls 8, 14, fide Tillier & Boucher-Rodoni (1994: 102); authorship and taxon dated from plate 8

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii, fide Bolstad (2010: 106).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN 3-1-620 (syntype), 3-1-621 (gladius), 3-1-619 (beak), iLu et al. (1995: 319).
TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean, near Nice France.

Onychoteuthis lobipennis Dall, 1871: 96 [unpublished plate]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 171).
TYPE REPOSITORY: No type designated; original Dall water-color plate in NMNH library.
TYPE LOCALITY: Near San Francisco (~37°22'N, 140°10'E).

Kondakovia longimana Filippova, 1972: 395, figs 4–5

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 285).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMMGU holotype.
TYPE LOCALITY: North of South Orkney Islands.

Moroteuthis lönnbergii Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914: 445, pls 45–46.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onykia (Onykia) loennbergii, fide Bolstad (2010: 78).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NSMT Mo76203 (neotype), fide Bolstad (2010: 78).
TYPE LOCALITY: Sagami Bay, Japan.

Onychoteuthis meridiopacifica Rancurel & Okutani, 1990: 25, figs 1–6

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Kubodera et al. (1998: 280).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NSMT Mo-67008 (holotype), fide Kubodera & Tsuchiya (1993, unpaginated).
TYPE LOCALITY: 21°15'S, 155°11.5'E (Pacific Ocean), from lancetfish stomach.

Onychoteuthis molinae Lichtenstein, 1818: 1592, pl 19

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2008b: 257).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ? Royal College of Surgeons RCSHC/308 (Enoploteuthis cookii); new name for Sepia unguiculata of Molina (1782: 199).
TYPE LOCALITY: Unresolved.

Chaunoteuthis mollis Appellöf, 1891: 3, pls 1–4

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onychoteuthis mollis, fide Bolstad (2010: 33).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMUB Type, fide Hoyle (1910b: 408).
TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean Sea, fide Pfeffer (1912: 91).

Notonykia nesisi Bolstad, 2007: 327, figs 51–60

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NMNZ M.91597 (holotype); NMNZ M.183110 (three paratypes).
TYPE LOCALITY: Southeast of New Zealand, 46°06.80'S, 171°52.00'E.

Kondakovia nigmatullini Laptikhovsky, Arkhipkin & Bolstad, 2008: 21, figs 1, 2

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010).
TYPE REPOSITORY: BMNH 20080519 (holotype); BMNH 20080520 (paratype).
TYPE LOCALITY: 45°43.2'S, 59°56.6'W.

Moroteuthis pacifica Okutani, 1983a: 105, text-figs 1–10, pl 1

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Onykia (Onykia) robusta (Verrill, 1876), fide Tsuchiya & Okutani (1992: 141).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NSMT 61210 (holotype), fide Kubodera & Tsuchiya (1993, unpaginated).
TYPE LOCALITY: 40°51'N, 148°07'W (Pacific Ocean).

Onychoteuthis peratoptera d’Orbigny, 1834 in Férussac & d’Orbigny 1834–1847: 39, pl 3 figs 5–7

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Pfeffer (1912: 66).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN type; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 322).
TYPE LOCALITY: Near Juan Fernandez Island, Chile, 33°56'S, fide Lu et al. (1995: 322).

Onychoteuthis perlatus Risso, 1854: 37, pl 17 figs 1–2

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Chiroteuthis veranyi (Férussac, 1834), fide Adam (1952: 111).
TYPE REPOSITORY: None designated.

Loligo plagioptera Souleyet, 1852: 24, pl 2 figs 14–22

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved; Pfeffer (1912: 37) and Clarke (1966: 149) synonymised with Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821, and MNHN 3-2-649 belongs to Octopodidae, fide Lu et al. (1995); not available for examination by Bolstad (2010).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN syntypes (2) 3-2-648 and 3-2-649, fide Lu et al. (1995: 323).
TYPE LOCALITY: 29°N, 37°W of Paris (Atlantic Ocean).

Onychoteuthis platyptera d’Orbigny, 1834 in Férussac & d’Orbigny 1834–1847: 41, pl 3 figs 8–11

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Pfeffer (1912: 66).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN type; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 323).
TYPE LOCALITY: Off coast of Chile, 40°S and 85°W of Paris.

Onychoteuthis prolata Bolstad, Vecchione & Young in Bolstad, 2008a: 518, figs 55–63

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010: 55).
TYPE REPOSITORY: SBMNH 428101 (holotype); USNM 1102755 (paratype).
TYPE LOCALITY: Off Kona Coast of Hawaii [~19°38.6'N, 159°59.39'W].

Onykia rancureli Okutani, 1981: 155, figs 1–9

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Callimachus rancureli, fide Bolstad (2010: 137).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NSMT Mo-59489 (holotype), fide Kubodera & Tsuchiya (1993, unpaginated).
TYPE LOCALITY: 7°51'S, 88°02'30"E (Indian Ocean), from lancetfish stomach.

Onychoteuthis raptor Owen, 1881: 148, pl 29

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 171).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Unresolved; ?Royal College of Surgeons, London.
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated.

Moroteuthis robsoni Adam, 1962: 24, text-figs 2–3, pl 1

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onykia (Onykia) robsoni, fide Bolstad (2010: 87).
TYPE REPOSITORY: SAMC S4110 (neotype), fide Bolstad (2010: 87).
TYPE LOCALITY: 16°35.6'S, 11°19.5'E (Atlantic Ocean).

Ommastrephes robusta Verrill, 1876: 237

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species; Onykia (Onykia) robusta, fide Bolstad (2010: 68).
TYPE REPOSITORY: NMNH 576952 (holotype), fide Roper & Sweeney (1978: 12).
TYPE LOCALITY: Aleutian Islands, Pacific Ocean.

Onychoteuthis rutilus Gould, 1852: 482, fig 595

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 171).
TYPE REPOSITORY: Unknown; ?not extant, fide Johnson (1964: 32).
TYPE LOCALITY: Near Sydney, New South Wales [Australia].

Loligo uncinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 in 1824–1826: 410, pl 66 fig 7

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Bolstad (2010: 170).
TYPE REPOSITORY: MNHN type; not extant, fide Lu et al. (1995: 326).
TYPE LOCALITY: Not designated.

Teleoteuthis verrilli Pfeffer, 1900: 158

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Nomen dubium, fide Nesis et al. (1998: 154).
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMH type(s); not extant, fide Nesis et al. (1998: 154).
TYPE LOCALITY: 46°S, 147°E (SW Pacific Ocean).

Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Unresolved; see Tree of Life pages for Callimachus.
TYPE REPOSITORY: ZMMGU.
TYPE LOCALITY: 33° 06'S, 02°7'E, near the Walvis Ridge in the eastern South Atlantic.

Callimachus youngorum Bolstad, 2010: 142, fig. 75

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS: Valid species, fide Bolstad (2010: 142).
TYPE REPOSITORY: SBMNH 149643 (holotype).
TYPE LOCALITY: Off Hawaii, ~21°23'N, ~158°18'W.

Type Repositories

ANSP—Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th & The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. [Voss (1962e)]

BMNH—The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England. (formerly British Museum (Natural History)). [J.A. Freeman, pers. comm.]

CASIZ—California Academy of Sciences [Invertebrate Zoology collection], 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118 USA.

IRSNB—Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1040.

MHNN—Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.

MNHN—Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France. [Lu et al. (1995)]

MOM—Musee Oceanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, Monaco. [Belloc (1950)]

NMNH—National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA. (formerly USNM). [Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney, Roper &Hochberg (1988)]

NSMT—National Science Museum, Tokyo, 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan. [Kubodera & Tsuchiya (1993)]

SAMC—South African Museum, Government Avenue, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.

YTKC—Private collection of the late Dr. Iwao Taki stored at the home of Dr. Yoshio Taki, Kyoto City, Japan. [fide T. Okutani, pers. comm.].

ZMB—Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-1040 Berlin, Germany.

ZMH—Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg, Martin Luther King Platz 3, 2000 Hamburg 13, Germany.

ZMMGU—Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, u1. Gensena 6, Moscow, Russia.

ZMUB—Zoological Museum, Universitetet i Bergen, Museplass 3, 5000 Bergen, Norway.

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