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Bathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle, 1885

Pelagic

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Cephalopoda

Order
Bathyteuthida

Superfamily
Bathyteuthoidea

Family
Bathyteuthidae

Genus
Bathyteuthis

Species
abyssicola

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Bathyteuthis abyssicola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10601. Accessed 2 August 2025.