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Pyroteuthis margaritifera  (Rüppell, 1844)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556443

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Enoploteuthis margaritifera Rüppell, 1844
  
    Pyroteuthis aurantiacus Joubin, 1912
  
    Charibditeuthis maculata Vivanti, 1912
  
    Pyroteuthis mediterranea Pfeffer, 1912
  
    Pyroteuthis margaritifera aurantica Joubin, 1924
  
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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  
                      SuperorderDecabrachia Boettger, 1952  
                         OrderTeuthida Naef, 1916  
                            SuborderOegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845  
                               FamilyPyroteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912  
                                  GenusPyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904  
                                     SpeciesPyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844)  
       

 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: Pyroteuthis margaritifera    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nesis, K. N.  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  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: Pyroteuthis margaritifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rüppell, E.  
  Publication Date: 1844   
  Article/Chapter Title: Intorno ad alcuni cefalopodi del mare di Messina: lettera del Dr. Eduardo Ruppell di Frankfort sul Meno al Prof. Anastasio Cocco   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Giornale del Gabinetto Letterario di Messina, 5 (27-28)   
  Page(s): 129-135   
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  Notes: 2 figures.   
  Reference for: Pyroteuthis margaritifera   
       
  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: Pyroteuthis margaritifera   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Nesis (1987a:181)]. Repository: BMNH Syntype 1993012 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]; SMF Lectotype 26930 [fide Schafer (1938:88)]; SMF Lectotype 26930 [fide Schafer (1938:88)]. Type Locality: Messina, Sicily  
 

 

    

 
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