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Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Chiroteuthis

WoRMS 137777ITIS 82548GBIF 2289843key worms:137777
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2026-08-05: itis_id 82548 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Histioteuthis heteropsis

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Chiroteuthis
Photo · anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Chiroteuthis is a genus of chiroteuthid squid, comprising two subgenera. The hectocotylus is absent from all members of the genus; instead, a penis extending from the mantle opening is utilised.W CalCOFI holds 330 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2008 and 2023, as invert, across 2 taxa under it.R

330
observations
330
records
4
sampling events
2008–2023
years
1
datasets
1
species under it
invert
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 4 obs · 4 events · 2008–2017 · invert
    name used: Chiroteuthis · code 9681

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:137777%22