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Octopus penicillifer  Berry, 1954
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82629

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Octopus stictochrus Voss, 1971
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassCephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, náutilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula  
                   SubclassColeoidea Bather, 1888  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderOctopoda Leach, 1818  
                            SuborderIncirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyOctopodidae D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848  
                                  SubfamilyOctopodinae Grimpe, 1921  
                                     GenusOctopus Cuvier, 1797  
                                        SpeciesOctopus penicillifer Berry, 1954  
       

 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: Octopus penicillifer    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Octopus penicillifer   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Berry, S. S.  
  Publication Date: 1954   
  Article/Chapter Title: Octopus penicillifer, new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Leaflets in Malacology, 1 (11)   
  Page(s): 66   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nesis, K. N.  
  Publication Date: 1987   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cephalopods of the World: Squids, Cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies   
  Page(s): 351   
  Publisher: T. F. H. Publications   
  Publication Place: Neptune City, NJ, USA   
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  Reference for: Octopus penicillifer   
       
  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: Octopus penicillifer   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sweeney, M. J., C. F. E. Roper, and F. G. Hochberg  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of the type specimens of Recent Cephalopoda described by S. Stillman Berry   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Malacologia, 29 (1)   
  Page(s): 7-19   
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  Reference for: Octopus penicillifer   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Nesis (1987a:315)]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 815717 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988)]. Type Locality: Off Punta Arenas [Mexico], Gulf of California  
 

 

    

 
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