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Dosidicus gigas  (D'Orbigny, 1835 in 1834-1847)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82538

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Dosidicus eschrichtii Steenstrup, 1857
  
    Dosidicus steenstrupii Pfeffer, 1884
  
    Ommastrephes giganteus D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848
  
    Ommastrephes gigas D'Orbigny, 1835 in 1834-1847
  
    Sepia nigra Bosc, 1802
  
    Sepia tunicata Molina, 1782
  
  Common Name(s): jumbo squid [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumMollusca  -- molluscs, mollusks, mollusques, molusco  
       ClassCephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 -- calmars, cefalopode, encornets, lula, náutilo, octopuses, pieuvres, polvo, poulpes, squids  
          SubclassColeoidea Bather, 1888  
             SuperorderDecabrachia Boettger, 1952  
                OrderTeuthida Naef, 1916  
                   SuborderOegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845  
                      FamilyOmmastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857  
                         SubfamilyOmmastrephinae Posselt, 1891  
                            GenusDosidicus Steenstrup, 1857  
                               SpeciesDosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835 in 1834-1847) -- jumbo squid  
       

 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: Dosidicus gigas   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dosidicus gigas   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lu, C. C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of types of recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4) 17 (3-4)   
  Page(s): 307-343   
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  Reference for: Dosidicus gigas   
       
  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: Dosidicus gigas   
       
  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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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dosidicus gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dosidicus gigas   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Pfeffer (1900:180)]. Repository: MNHN Syntype 7-3-660 [fide Lu et al. (1995)]. Type Locality: Valparaiso, 40 S to 60 S  
 

 

    

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Date Generated:  
Sun Sep 5 2010 08:58:18 MDT