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Architeuthis megaptera  Verrill, 1878
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556991

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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: Architeuthis megaptera    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dunning, M. C. / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Review of the systematics, distribution and biology of the arrow squid genera Ommastrephes Orbigny, 1835, Stenoteuthis Verrill, 1880, and Ornithoteuthis Okada, 1927 (Cephalopoda, Ommastrephidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 425-433   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Architeuthis megaptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): MacAlaster, E.  
  Publication Date: 1977   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cephalopods in the Nova Scotia Museum collection   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Curatorial Report, Nova Scotia Museum, 33   
  Page(s): 1-26   
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  Notes: 2 figures   
  Reference for: Architeuthis megaptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verrill, A. E.  
  Publication Date: 1878   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Journal of Science and Arts, (series 3) 16 (20)   
  Page(s): 207-215   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Dunning (1998)]. Repository: NSMC Holotype 1870-Z-2 [fide MacAlaster (1977:14)]. Type Locality: Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, Canada  
 

 

   

 
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