Mastigoteuthis dentata — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Cephalopoda/Oegopsida/Mastigoteuthidae/Mastigoteuthis

At a glance

Occurrence records69

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Mastigoteuthis dentata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility48 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System21 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS69 records

01Narrative

Mastigoteuthis dentata is a species of whip-lash squid.Hoyle, W.E. 1904. Reports on the Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge 43(1): 1-72. Oral view of an arm IV sucker Oral view of proximal segment of the outer ring of an arm IV sucker

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type69 records

Wild obs. + sensor4

Museum / vouchered65

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO160 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit0

200–1000 m twilight14

1–4 km midnight7

>4 km abyssal0

median 950 m · max 2 418 m · 21 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor4

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 65 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence65

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	16
Wellington, NZ	15
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	3
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	3
Washington, US	2
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 40 of 65 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code