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Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844)

To NHMUK collection (Enoploteuthis margaritifera R�ppell, 1844; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2735732)
To NHMUK collection (Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rpell, 1844; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2735732)

157031  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157031)

accepted
Species
Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pyroteuthis margaritifer (Rüppell, 1844) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844) Rüppell, E. (1844). Intorno ad alcuni cefalopodi del mare di Messina: lettera del Dr. Eduardo Rüppell di Frankfort sul Meno al Prof. Anastasio Cocco. <em>Giornale del Gabinetto Letteràrio di Messina.</em> 5(27–28):129-135. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157031 on 2026-06-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157031 on 2026-06-08
Date
action
by
2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-09-17 06:18:55Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary
2016-06-11 23:30:29Z
changed
Finn, Julian
2022-08-25 20:04:36Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

original description (of Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844) Rüppell, E. (1844). Intorno ad alcuni cefalopodi del mare di Messina: lettera del Dr. Eduardo Rüppell di Frankfort sul Meno al Prof. Anastasio Cocco. <em>Giornale del Gabinetto Letteràrio di Messina.</em> 5(27–28):129-135. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Vecchione, M.; Roper, C. F. E.; Sweeney, M. J.; Lu, C. C. (2001). Distribution, relative abundance, and developmental morphology of paralarval cephalopods in the western North Atlantic Ocean. <em>NOAA Tech Rep. NMFS 152.</em> [details] 

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] OpenAccess publication

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. [details] 

additional source Young R.E., Burgess L.A., Roper C.F.E., Sweeney M.J. & Stephen S.J. (1998) Classification of the Enoploteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, and Ancistrocheiridae. Pp. 239-255, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details] 

additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 389 [details] 

identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 286 [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (123 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyroteuthis margaritifera) 
To GenBank (184 nucleotides; 137 proteins) 
To GenBank (184 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NHMUK collection (Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2735732) (from synonym Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ_1481434) 
To PESI (from synonym Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Pyroteuthis mediterranea Pfeffer, 1912)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Pyroteuthis margaritifer (Rüppell, 1844))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed