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Octopus bermudensis  Hoyle, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82613

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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: Octopus bermudensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Octopus bermudensis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.  
  Publication Date: 1885   
  Article/Chapter Title: Narrative of the Challenger Expedition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of the H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, Narrative, 1 (1)   
  Page(s): 269-274   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mangold, Katharina / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Octopodinae from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 521-528   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Octopus bermudensis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Mangold (1998)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1889.4.24.38 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: Bermuda  
 

 

    

 
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