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Japetella  Hoyle, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82654

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Chunella Sasaki, 1920
  
    Bolitaenella Grimpe, 1922
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 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  
                               FamilyBolitaenidae Chun, 1911  
                                  GenusJapetella Hoyle, 1885  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Japetella diaphana Hoyle, 1885  
                                     Species Japetella heathi (Berry, 1911)  
       

 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: Japetella    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Japetella   
       
  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): 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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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Japetella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thore, S.  
  Publication Date: 1949   
  Article/Chapter Title: Investigations on the "Dana" Octopoda. I. Bolitaenidae, Amphitrelidae, Vitreledonellidae, and Allopsidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dana Report, 33   
  Page(s): 1-85   
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  Notes: 69 figures.   
  Reference for: Japetella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Young, Richard Edward  
  Publication Date: 1972   
  Article/Chapter Title: The systematics and areal distribution of pelagic Cephalopods from the seas off southern California   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 97   
  Page(s): 1-159   
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  Notes: 15 figures, 38 plates.   
  Reference for: Japetella   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Young (1972:90)]. Type species: Japetella prismatica Hoyle, 1885 by monotypy [=Eledonella pygmaea (Verrill, 1884) fide Thore (1949:39)]  
 

 

    

 
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