Insigniteuthis
| Insigniteuthis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Opisthoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Insigniteuthis Verhoeff, 2024 |
| Type species | |
| Insigniteuthis obscura Verhoeff, 2024
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Insigniteuthis is a genus of cirrate octopuses, found in the deep-sea around the world's oceans. The genus was created in 2024 to accommodate species formerly in the genus Opisthoteuthis which have a distinctly different configuration of enlarged suckers. In Insigniteuthis, mature males haves a cluster of 2 or 3 massively enlarged suckers near the arm tips, with these suckers much larger than a second field of enlarged suckers found closer to the mouth.[1]
Species
[edit ]The type species of the genus is Insigniteuthis obscura , in addition several additional species have been placed in Insigniteuthis (transferred from Opisthoteuthis), the species Insigniteuthis extensa was allocated to the genus later following a re-description, and some others such as I. medusoides still need re-description to confirm their taxonomy:[2] [3]
- Insigniteuthis calypso Villanueva, Collins, Sánchez & Voss, 2002
- Insigniteuthis dongshaensis C. C. Lu, 2010
- Insigniteuthis extensa Thiele, 1915
- Insigniteuthis medusoides (Thiele, 1915)
- Insigniteuthis obscura Verhoeff, 2024
References
[edit ]- ^ Verhoeff, Tristan Joseph (2024). "Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part I Southern Australia" . Australian Journal of Taxonomy: 1–44. doi:10.54102/ajt.wij3l.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Insigniteuthis Verhoeff, 2024". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026年01月29日.
- ^ Verhoeff, Tristan Joseph (2025). "Flapjack octopods of Australia (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), Part II northwestern Australia and adjacent waters". Australian Journal of Taxonomy: 1–28. doi:10.54102/ajt.c46g9.