Architeuthis

Architeuthis (a Graeco: ἀρχός 'princeps' et τευθίς 'loligo') est genus cephalopodorum, unicum genus familiae Architeuthidarum, quae profundum oceani habitant. Propter gigantismum abyssalem ad ingentem magnitudinem crescunt, maximam tredecim metrorum, sed paulo minores sunt quam Mesonychoteuthis.

Architeuthis ab A.E. Verrill anno 1880 picta

Animalia — Mollusca

Classis : Cephalopoda
Subclassis : Coleoidea
Ordo : Teuthida
Subordo : Oegopsina
Familia : Architeuthidae
Pfeffer, 1900
Genus : Architeuthis
Steenstrup in Harting, 1860

Conservationis status

LC

Vigens (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Subdivisiones: Species

* Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857

probable synonyms:

A. hartingii (A. E. Verrill, 1875)
A. japonica Pfeffer, 1912
A. kirkii Robson, 1887
A. martensi (Hilgendorf, 1880)
A. physeteris (Joubin, 1900)
A. sanctipauli (Vélain, 1877)
A. stockii (Kirk, 1882)

Synonyma

* Architeuthus Steenstrup, 1857

Dinoteuthis More, 1875
Dubioteuthis Joubin, 1900
Megaloteuthis Kent, 1874
Megateuthis Hilgendorf in Carus, 1880
Megateuthus Hilgendorf, 1880
Mouchezis Vélain, 1877
Plectoteuthis Owen, 1881
Steenstrupia Kirk, 1882

Territorium

Distributio architeuthidum notarum

Pinacotheca

Navis Alecton Architeuthem anno 1861 capere conatur.
Architeuthis plus quam tredecim metra longa

Notae

↑ Allcock, L. & Barratt, I. (2014). "Architeuthis dux". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Nexus externi

Situs scientifici: • ITIS • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • WoRMS: Marine Species

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Architeuthidem spectant.

Vide "Architeuthidem" apud Vicispecies.

[IUCN-1] Allcock, L. & Barratt, I. (2014). "Architeuthis dux". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature.

[1]