Akimushkin's disc-fin squid
Cycloteuthis akimushkini Filippova, 1968
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cycloteuthis akimushkini Filippova, 1968
- Name authority
- Filippova, 1968
- Common name
- Akimushkin's disc-fin squid
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Oegopsida
- Family
- Cycloteuthidae
- Genus
- Cycloteuthis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classCephalopoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassColeoidea Bather, 1888
- superorderDecapodiformes R. E. Young, Vecchione & Donovan, 1998
- orderOegopsida A. d'Orbigny, 1845
- superfamilyBrachioteuthoidea Pfeffer, 1908
- familyCycloteuthidae Naef, 1923
- genusCycloteuthis Joubin, 1919
- speciesCycloteuthis akimushkini Filippova, 1968
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cycloteuthis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cycloteuthis sirventi Joubin, 1919 | CycloteuthidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Filippova, J. A. (1968). A new species of the genus Cycloteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Malacological Review, 1: 119–124. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32YGK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.