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Opisthoteuthis vossi  Sanchez and Guerra, 1989
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556447

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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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  
                            SuborderCirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyOpisthoteuthidae Verrill, 1896  
                                  GenusOpisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883  
                                     SpeciesOpisthoteuthis vossi Sanchez and Guerra, 1989  
       

 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: Opisthoteuthis vossi    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sanchez, P. and A. Guerra  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of cirrate octopod Opisthoteuthis vossi from the southeast Atlantic (Cephalopoda: Octopoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Marine Science, 44 (3)   
  Page(s): 1159-1165   
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  Notes: 2 figures.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  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: Opisthoteuthis vossi   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide; taxon not yet reviewed]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 816660. Type Locality: 22 29'S, 06 07'E (Atlantic Ocean)  
 

 

    

 
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