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Architeuthidae Pfeffer, 1900
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82391

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Family
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	1999

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
	Phylum	Mollusca -- molluscs, mollusks, mollusques, molusco
	Class	Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 -- calmars, cefalopode, encornets, lula, náutilo, octopuses, pieuvres, polvo, poulpes, squids
	Subclass	Coleoidea Bather, 1888
	Superorder	Decabrachia Boettger, 1952
	Order	Teuthida Naef, 1916
	Suborder	Oegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845
	Family	Architeuthidae Pfeffer, 1900
		Direct Children:
	Genus	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 in Harting, 1860

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Michael J. Sweeney
	Notes:	Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560
	Reference for:	Architeuthidae

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Architeuthidae

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Pfeffer, G.
	Publication Date:	1900
	Article/Chapter Title:	Synopsis der oegopsiden Cephalopoden.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum Hamburg, 17 (2)
	Page(s):	147-198
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	Reference for:	original description

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Roper, Clyde F. E., C. C. Lu and Katharina Mangold
	Publication Date:	1969
	Article/Chapter Title:	A new species of Illex from the western Atlantic and distributional aspects of other Illex species (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82
	Page(s):	295-322
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	Notes:	10 plates.
	Reference for:	Architeuthidae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)
	Page(s):	561-599
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, D. C., USA
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	Reference for:	Architeuthidae

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Taxon Validity: [fide Roper et al. (1969)]

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