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