North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Amphitretidae Hoyle, 1886

AphiaID

153101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153101)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Octopodoidea A. d'Orbigny, 1839

Original name

Amphitretidae Hoyle, 1886

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Subfamily Bolitaeninae Chun, 1911
1. Genus Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859
2. Genus Japetella Hoyle, 1885
3. Genus Eledonella A. E. Verrill, 1884 accepted as Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859
Subfamily Vitreledonellinae G. C. Robson, 1932
1. Genus Vitreledonella Joubin, 1918

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 16 (part 44): i-vi, 1–245, pl. 1-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48809163
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphitretidae Hoyle, 1886. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153101 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Amphitretidae Hoyle, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153101 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-04-22 10:19:37Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-09-28 22:36:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2026-08-02 22:17:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Hoyle, W. E. (1886). Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 16 (part 44): i-vi, 1–245, pl. 1-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48809163
page(s): 67 [details]

status source Strugnell J.M., Norman M.D., Vecchione M., Guzik M. & Allcock A.L. (2014). The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history. Hydrobiologia. 725: 215-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6 [details]

status source Taite, M.; Fernández-Álvarez, F.; Braid, H.; Bush, S.; Bolstad, K.; Drewery, J.; Mills, S.; Strugnell, J.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Voight, J.; Allcock, A. (2023). Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 182: 107729., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107729 [details]

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