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Polypus glaber  Sasaki, 1920
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556883

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Benthoctopus hokkaidensis (Berry, 1921)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior homonym   
       
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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: Polypus glaber    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, C. F. E. and M. J. Sweeney  
  Publication Date: 1978   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278   
  Page(s): 1-19   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Polypus glaber   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sasaki, M.  
  Publication Date: 1920   
  Article/Chapter Title: Report on Cephalopods collected during 1906 by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in the northwestern Pacific   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 57 (2310)   
  Page(s): 163-203   
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  Notes: 4 plates.   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: Preoccupied by Octopus glaber Ruppell in Wulker, 1920 [see Polypus hokkaidensis Berry, 1921]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 332981 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978)]. Type Locality: Off Hokkaido (42o11'10N, 142o12'E), Japan  
 

 

    

 
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