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Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus)  Berry, 1918
Taxonomic Serial No.: 573155

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subgenus  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
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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: Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus)    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Berry, S. S.  
  Publication Date: 1918   
  Article/Chapter Title: Report on the Cephalopoda obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" in the Great Australian Bight and other southern Australian localities   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. "Endeavour," 1909-14, 4 (5)   
  Page(s): 201-298   
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  Notes: 67 figures, 29 plates.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voss, G. L. / M. R. Clarke and E. R. Trueman, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Evolution and phylogenetic relationships of deep-sea octopods (Cirrata and Incirrata)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Mollusca, Volume 12, Paleontology and Neontology of Cephalopoda   
  Page(s): 355   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: San Diego, CA, USA   
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  Reference for: Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus)   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Voss (1988b:265)]. Type species: Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus) pluto Berry, 1918 by original designation  
    Previous usage as subgenus within genus Opisthoteuthis.  
 

 

    

 
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