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Moroteuthis robusta  (Verrill, 1876)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82438

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ommastrephes robusta Verrill, 1876
  
    Onykia japonica Taki, 1964
  
    Moroteuthis pacifica Okutani, 1983
  
  Common Name(s): robust clubhook squid [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
                               FamilyOnychoteuthidae Gray, 1847  
                                  GenusMoroteuthis Verrill, 1881  
                                     SpeciesMoroteuthis robusta (Verrill, 1876) – robust clubhook squid  
       

 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: Moroteuthis robusta    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Moroteuthis robusta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, C. F. E. and M. J. Sweeney  
  Publication Date: 1978   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278   
  Page(s): 1-19   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Moroteuthis robusta   
       
  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: Moroteuthis robusta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Moroteuthis robusta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verrill, A. E.  
  Publication Date: 1876   
  Article/Chapter Title: Note on gigantic Cephalopods, - a correction   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Journal of Science and Arts, (series 3) 12   
  Page(s): 236-237   
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  Reference for: Moroteuthis robusta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verrill, A. E.  
  Publication Date: 1881   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks of the southern coast of New England, No.2   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Journal of Science, (series 3) 22 (41)   
  Page(s): 292-303   
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  Reference for: Moroteuthis robusta   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Verrill (1881b:393)]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 576952 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978)]. Type Locality: Aleutian Islands, Pacific Ocean  
 

 

    

 
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