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(data as of June 2002)

Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

Berryteuthis Naef, 1921a:535.

Nomen nudum.

Berryteuthis Naef, 1921b:244.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Nesis (1987:196)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Gonatus magister Berry, 1913 by original designation

(Boreoteuthis) Nesis, 1971:65.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subgenus of Gonatopsis Sasaki, 1920 [fide Nesis (1987:196)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Gonatopsis borealis Sasaki, 1923 by original designation

Chiloteuthis Verrill, 1881 In 1880-1881:292.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Gonatus Gray, 1849 [as Cheloteuthis] [fide Hoyle (1910:408)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Cheloteuthis rapax Verrill, 1881 by monotypy

(Eogonatus) Nesis, 1972:1300.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Nesis (1987:197)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Gonatus (Eogonatus) tinro Nesis, 1972 by monotypy

Gonatopsis Sasaki, 1920:198.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Nesis (1987:196)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Gonatopsis octopedatus Sasaki, 1920 by original designation

Gonatus Gray, 1849:67.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Hoyle (1910:409)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onychoteuthis? amoena Moller, 1842 by monotypy

Lestoteuthis Verrill, 1880 In 1879-1880:251.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Gonatus Gray, 1849 [fide Steenstrup (1882:146)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Onychoteuthis kamschatica Middendorf, 1849 by original designation

Pfefferiopsis Ishikawa, 1924:185.

Nomen nudum; Berryteuthis Naef, 1921 [fide Ishikawa (1929:583)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Gonatus magister Berry, 1913 by monotypy

 

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Onychoteuthis amoena Moller, 1842:76.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818) [fide Morch (1857:89)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntypes [3] 1843.7.3.74-6 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:105)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- West Greenland [fide Schiotte and Waren (1992:7)]

Gonatus anonychus Pearcy and Voss, 1963:105, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Berryteuthis anonychus [fide Nesis (1987:197)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 575559 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:4)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 45°26.8'N, 125°08.1'W (Pacific Ocean)

Gonatus antarcticus Lonnberg, 1898:51, pl 5, figs 4-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:291)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; NRM? Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- On beach, Punta Arenas, Chile

Gonatus berryi Naef, 1923:245.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Young (1972:46)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Syntypes 214652 and 214658; specimens not extant
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Monterey Bay, California [fide Young (1972:48)]

Gonatopsis borealis Sasaki, 1923:203, text-fig.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Okutani et al. (1987:129)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; FMHU Syntypes[?]; [see Taki and Igarashi (1967:16)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Kushiro, Nemuro, Tokachi; all on eastern Hokkaido, Japan

Gonatus californiensis Young, 1972:51, pls 15b, 16b, 16j-p, 17d-f.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:200)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SBMNH Holotype 34978 [fide Scott et al. (1990:19)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 33°32'N, 118°24'W, eastern North Pacific Ocean

Onychoteuthis fabricii Lichtenstein, 1818:1592.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Gonatus fabricii [fide Berry (1912:308)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Neotype [fide Kristensen (1981:66)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Amerdloq Fjord, West Greenland [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:222)]

Gonatopsis japonica Okiyama, 1969:20, text-figs 1-4, pls 1-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:201)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype 60020 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 41°02'N, 138°11'E (Pacific Ocean)

Onychoteuthis kamtschatica Middendorff, 1849:515, pl 12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Gonatus kamtschaticus [fide Nesis (1987:200)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Schumschu Island, Kurile Islands

Gonatus madokai Kubodera and Okutani, 1977:124, text-fig 1, pls 1-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Okutani et al. (1987:127)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- FMHU Holotype M-1362
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 49°32'N, 168°50'E (Northwest Pacific Ocean)

Gonatus magister Berry, 1913:76.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Berryteuthis magister [fide Naef (1921a:535)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- CASIZ Holotype 017965 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988:15)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Puget Sound, Washington

Gonatopsis borealis makko Okutani and Nemoto, 1964:113, pl 4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; Gonatopsis makko [fide Nesis (1987:201)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-13311
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Southern Bering Sea (from sperm whale stomach)

Gonatus middendorffi Kubodera and Okutani, 1981:8, pl 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Gonatus kamtschaticus (Middendorff, 1849) [fide Nesis (1987:200)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype Mo-58621 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 45°30'N, 151°40'E (Pacific Ocean)

Berryteuthis magister nipponensis Okutani and Kubodera, 1987:133, figs a-c.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subspecies [fide; taxon not yet reviewed]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NSMT Holotype 64264 [fide Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993:unpaginated)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Okirai Bay, Iwate, northeastern Honshu, Japan

Gonatopsis octopedatus Sasaki, 1920:198, pl 26 fig 5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:201)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 332918 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:10)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Cape Patience, Sakhalin (48°22'30"N, 145°43'30"E), Okhotsk Sea

Gonatopsis (Gonatopsis) okutanii Nesis, 1972:1304, fig 2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species? [fide Nesis (1987:201)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZIN Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 44°06.4'N, 150°28.2'E (Pacific Ocean)

Gonatus onyx Young, 1972:43, pls 13a, 14a-c, 14i, 17j.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Okutani et al. (1987:125)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SBMNH Holotype 34969 [fide Scott et al. (1990:19)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 33°19'N, 118°45'W, eastern North Pacific Ocean

Gonatus oregonensis Jefferts, 1985:167, figs 4-5.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide; taxon not yet reviewed]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- CASIZ Holotype 040162
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Oregon, U.S.A.

Gonatus phoebetriae Imber, 1978:480, fig 7c.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Jefferts (1985:159)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Percy Fitzpatrick Institute Holotype (single lower beak)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Marion Is., 46°55'S, 37°45'E (S Indian Ocean) (from stomach of sooty albatross, Phoebetria fusca)

Gonatus pyros Young, 1972:49, pls 13b, 14b, 14j-q, 17g-i, 17k.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:200)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- SBMNH Holotype 34973 [fide Scott et al. (1990:19)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 33°37'N, 118°26'W, eastern North Pacific Ocean

Cheloteuthis rapax Verrill, 1881 In 1880-1881:293, pl 49 fig 1-1f.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818) [fide Berry (1912:308)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 574639 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:12)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 39°52'20"N, 70°58'00"W (Atlantic Ocean)

Gonatus septemdentatus Sasaki, 1915:185.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Berryteuthis magister (Berry, 1913) [fide Nesis (1987:196)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Syntypes (6)
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Toyama Bay, Etchu Province, Japan

Berryteuthis magister shevtsovi Katugin, 2000:91, figs 7-11.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subspecies [fide; taxon not yet reviewed]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- TINRO Holotype BMJS001
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Japan Sea, 42°30'N, 113°42'E

Gonatus steenstrupi Kristensen, 1981:78, figs 18-28.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:200)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983:224)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Between 53°24' - 51°39'N and 15°52' - 8°29'W (Northeast Atlantic Ocean)

Gonatus (Eogonatus) tinro Nesis, 1972:1300, fig 1.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species; [fide Nesis (1987:197)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZIN Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Bering Sea, 58°22.2'N, 174°55'W

Gonatus ursabrunae Jefferts, 1985:160, figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide; taxon not yet reviewed]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- CASIZ Holotype 040163
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South of Alaska Peninsula

 

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)]

CASIZ-California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A.† [Smith (1974); Sweeney et al. (1988) for S.S. Berry taxa]

FMHU- Fisheries Museum, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Nishi 5, Kita 8, Sapporo 060, Hakodate, Japan (includes Laboratory of Marine Zoology (HUMZ) collection).† [For type catalog see Taki and Igarashi (1967)]

NMNH-National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM).† [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988)]

NRM- Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. [For type catalog of Odhner taxa see Sandberg and Waren (1993)]

NSMT- National Science Museum, 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan.† [For type catalog see Kubodera and Tsuchiya (1993)]

SBMNH-Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, U.S.A.† [For type catalogs see Hertz (1984); Scott et al. (1990)]

TINRO- Pacific Research Fisheries Center, Vladivostok, Russia.

ZIN- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199164, Russia.

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]

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