(data as of June 2002)
Nominal Genus-Level Taxa
Architeuthus [Architeuthis] Steenstrup, 1857:183.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen tantum; see Hoyle (1910:407-408)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Architeuthis dux Steenstrup,
1857 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:408)]
Architeuthis Steenstrup In Harting, 1860:11.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Hoyle (1910:408)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Architeuthis dux Steenstrup
In Harting, 1860 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:408)]
Dinoteuthis More, 1875:4527.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:15)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Dinoteuthis proboscideus More,
1875 by monotypy
Dubioteuthis Joubin, 1900:102.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:15)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin,
1900 by monotypy
Megaloteuthis Kent, 1874:181.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Verrill (1879-1880:197)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent,
1874 by monotypy
Megateuthis Hilgendorf, 1880:65.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:15)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf,
1880 by monotypy
Mouchezis Velain, 1877:81, text-fig 8.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Hoyle (1910:411)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Mouchezis sancti-pauli Velain,
1877 by monotypy
Plectoteuthis Owen, 1881:156.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Verrill (1880-1881:401)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Plectoteuthis grandis Owen,
1881 by monotypy
Steenstrupia Kirk, 1882:286.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Preoccupied and synonym of Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Verrill (1882:477)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Steenstrupia stockii Kirk,
1882 by monotypy
Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)
Loligo bouyeri Crosse and Fischer, 1862:138.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthid? [fide Gervais (1875:93)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Canary Islands[?]
Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933:682, text-figs 1-7, pl 1.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1933.1.30.5 plus 1926.3.31.24 (radula
+ beak) [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:106)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Scarborough Beach, Yorkshire
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857:183.
Nomen tantum.
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup In Harting, 1860:11, pl 1 fig 1A.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:218)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen
(1983:222)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 31°N, 76°W (Atlantic Ocean)
Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881:156, pls 34-35.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
sp. [fide Pfeffer (1912:2)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype [fide Owen (1881:156)] [not traced by
Lipinski et al. (2000)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875b:86, fig 28.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Architeuthis
hartingii [fide Verrill (1879-1880:240)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- University of Utrecht as Architeuthis
dux, identification by Harting
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874:181.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
sp.
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- YPM Type 12600y [fide S.S. Berry unpublished notes
at NMNH]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912:27.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Unresolved
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Holotype [= Mitsukuri and Ikeda
(1895:39-50, pl 10)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Tokyo Bay
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887:155.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis stockii
(Kirk, 1882) [fide Forch (1998:89)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M.125404 plus ?M.125406 [fide Marshall (1996:45)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape Campbell, New Zealand
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888:34, pls 7-9.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis stockii
(Kirk, 1882) [fide Forch (1998:89)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype; specimen not located [fide Marshall
(1996:46)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Lyall Bay, New Zealand
Architeuthis? monachus Steenstrup, 1857:184.
Nomen tantum.
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup In Harting, 1860:11.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis dux
Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Stephen (1962:154)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen
(1983:223)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Raabjerg Strand; Northwest coast of Jutland, Denmark
[fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:223)]
Architeuthis mouchezi Velain, 1875:1002.
Nomen nudum.
Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935:513.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Ile d'Yeu [Bay of Biscay, France]
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900:102, pl 15.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Architeuthis
physeteris [fide Voss (1956:136)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Holotype [station 588] [fide Belloc (1950:6);
listed incorrectly as station 558]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Azores, 38°34'45"N, 29°37'W (from sperm whale
stomach)
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875a:22.
Nomen nudum.
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b:79, figs 25-27.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Syntypes (a, Verrill specimen no. 1,
lower beak; b, Verrill specimen no. 10, upper + lower beak
TYPE LOCALITY. -- a, Banks of Newfoundland; b, North Atlantic (sperm
whale stomach)
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875:4527.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Architeuthis
sp. [fide Pfeffer (1912:2)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Dingle, Kerry, Ireland [Dec., 1673]
Mouchezis sanctipauli Velain, 1877:81, text-fig 8.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Architeuthis
sanctipauli [fide Undetermined]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype 3-2-658 and 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs
only) [fide Lu et al. (1995:324)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- St. Paul Island, on beach [38°43'S, 77°32'E,
S. Indian Ocean]
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882:286, pl 36 figs 2-4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Architeuthis
stockii [fide Forch (1998:89)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M.125405 plus M.125403 [fide Marshall
(1996:45)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cook Strait, New Zealand
Architeuthis titan Steenstrup In Verrill, 1875b:84.
Nomen nudum.
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882:284, pl 36 fig 1.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Forch (1998:89)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype; [see Forch (1998:89)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Island Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand
Type Repositories
BMNH-The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History)). [For type catalog see Lipinski et al. (2000)]
MNHN-Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France. [For type catalog see Lu et al. (1995)]
MOM- Musée Océanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, Monaco. [For type catalog see Belloc (1950)]
NMNZ-National Museum of New Zealand, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum). [For type catalog see Marshall (1996)]
YPM- Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, U.S.A.
ZMUC-Kobenhavns Universitet, Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. [For type catalog see Kristensen and Knudsen (1983); See also Volsoe et al. (1962) for Steenstrup papers]