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Taxonomy
Family:
CHIROTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Chiroteuthidae (Family)
> Chiroteuthis (Genus)
> mega (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934
=Chiropsis Joubin, 1932
=Diaphanoteuthis Tomlin, 1931
=Doratopsis Rochebrune, 1884
=Leptoteuthis A.E. Verrill, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934
=Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932
=Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934)
=Chiroteuthis capensis G. Voss, 1967
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Taxonomy
Family:
CHIROTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Chiroteuthidae (Family)
> Chiroteuthis (Genus)
> mega (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934
=Chiropsis Joubin, 1932
=Diaphanoteuthis Tomlin, 1931
=Doratopsis Rochebrune, 1884
=Leptoteuthis A.E. Verrill, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934
=Chiropsis mega Joubin, 1932
=Chiroteuthis atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934)
=Chiroteuthis capensis G. Voss, 1967
Details: Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932)
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Imber, M.J. 1992 Cephalopods eaten by wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.) breeding at six circumpolar localities, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 22 (p.253)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil