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Octopoteuthis sicula  Rüppell, 1844
Taxonomic Serial No.: 205722

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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  
                      SuperorderDecabrachia Boettger, 1952  
                         OrderTeuthida Naef, 1916  
                            SuborderOegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845  
                               FamilyOctopoteuthidae Berry, 1912  
                                  GenusOctopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis sicula 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: Octopoteuthis sicula    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Octopoteuthis sicula   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Schafer, W.  
  Publication Date: 1938   
  Article/Chapter Title: Die typen de von Ruppell 1844 beschriebenen Cephalopoden   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Senckenbergiana, 20 (1/2)   
  Page(s): 80-94   
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  Reference for: Octopoteuthis sicula   
       
  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: Octopoteuthis sicula   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voss, G. L.  
  Publication Date: 1963   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cephalopods of the Philippine Islands   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: United States National Museum Bulletin, 234   
  Page(s): 1-180   
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  Notes: 36 figures, 4 plates   
  Reference for: Octopoteuthis sicula   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Voss (1963b)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1845.9.8.13 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]; SMF Type; specimen no longer extant [fide Schafer (1938)]. Type Locality: Sicily  
 

 

    

 
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