Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
Superordo: Octopodiformes
Ordo: Octopoda
Subordo: Cirrina
Familia: Opisthoteuthidae
Genus: Opisthoteuthis
Species: Opisthoteuthis persephone

Name

Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry 1918

Type locality: 42 miles south and east of Genoa Peak, Victoria, in the great Australian bight, 480 m.

References

• Berry, S.S. 1918: Report on the Cephalopoda Obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" in the Great Australian Bight and Other Southern Australian Localities. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. "Endeavour", 1909-1914, 4 (5):201-298.
• Nesis, K.N.; 1882/87: Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 1-385 + ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.) Translated into English by B.S. Levitov, edited by L.A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp. Reference page.