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Gonatus  Gray, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82418

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Lestoteuthis Verrill, 1880 in 1879-1880
  
    Chiloteuthis Verrill, 1881 in 1880-1881
  
    Gonatus (Eogonatus) Nesis, 1972
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  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  
                      SuperorderDecabrachia Boettger, 1952  
                         OrderTeuthida Naef, 1916  
                            SuborderOegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845  
                               FamilyGonatidae Hoyle, 1886  
                                  GenusGonatus Gray, 1849  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesGonatus antarcticus Lönnberg, 1898  
                                     SpeciesGonatus berryi Naef, 1923 – Berry armhook squid 
                                     SpeciesGonatus californiensis Young, 1972  
                                     SpeciesGonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818) – boreoatlantic armhook squid 
                                     SpeciesGonatus kamtschaticus (Middendorff, 1849)  
                                     SpeciesGonatus madokai Kubodera and Okutani, 1977  
                                     SpeciesGonatus onyx Young, 1972 – clawed armhook squid 
                                     SpeciesGonatus oregonensis Jefferts, 1985 – Oregon armhook squid 
                                     SpeciesGonatus pyros Young, 1972  
                                     SpeciesGonatus steenstrupi Kristensen, 1981  
                                     SpeciesGonatus ursabrunae Jefferts, 1985 – brown bear armhook 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: Gonatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gonatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gray, J. E.   
  Publication Date: 1849   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. Cephalopoda Antepedia   
  Page(s): 164   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.   
  Publication Date: 1910   
  Article/Chapter Title: A list of the generic names of Dibranchiate Cephalopoda with their type species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 32   
  Page(s): 407-413   
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  Reference for: Gonatus   
       
  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: Gonatus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Hoyle (1910b:409)]. Type species: Onychoteuthis? amoena Moller, 1842 by monotypy  
 

 

    


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