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Benthoctopus eureka  (Robson, 1929)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556408

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Enteroctopus eureka Robson, 1929
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 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  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderOctopoda Leach, 1818  
                            SuborderIncirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyOctopodidae D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848  
                                  SubfamilyBathypolypodinae Robson, 1929  
                                     GenusBenthoctopus Grimpe, 1921  
                                        SpeciesBenthoctopus eureka (Robson, 1929)  
       

 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   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.  
  Publication Date: 1929   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notes on the Cephalopoda. - IX. Remarks on the Atlantic Octopoda etc. in the Zoologisch Museum, Amsterdam   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 10) 3   
  Page(s): 609-618   
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  Notes: Year 1929c. 3 figures.   
  Reference for: Benthoctopus eureka   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.  
  Publication Date: 1932   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part II. The Octopoda   
  Page(s): 359   
  Publisher: British Museum   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Notes: 79 figures, 6 plates. Year 1932a.   
  Reference for: Benthoctopus eureka   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smaldon, G., D. Heppell and K. R. Watt  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: The specimens of invertebrates (excluding insects) held at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Information Series, 4   
  Page(s): 1-118   
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  Reference for: Benthoctopus eureka   
       
  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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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1932:228)]. Repository: NMSZ Syntypes 1921.143.558a,b [fide Smaldon et al. (1976)]. Type Locality: Falkland Island  
 

 

    

 
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