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Pyroteuthis  Hoyle, 1904
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555803

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Charibditeuthis Vivanti, 1912
  
    Pyroteuthis (Pterygonepion) Pfeffer, 1912
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                               FamilyPyroteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912  
                                  GenusPyroteuthis Hoyle, 1904  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Pyroteuthis addolux Young, 1972  
                                     Species Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844)  
                                     Species Pyroteuthis serrata Riddell, 1985  
       

 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: Pyroteuthis    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.  
  Publication Date: 1904   
  Article/Chapter Title: Reports on the Cephalopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge, 43 (1)   
  Page(s): 1-72   
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  Notes: Year 1904b. 12 plates.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nesis, K. N.  
  Publication Date: 1987   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cephalopods of the World: Squids, Cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies   
  Page(s): 351   
  Publisher: T. F. H. Publications   
  Publication Place: Neptune City, NJ, USA   
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  Reference for: Pyroteuthis   
       
  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: Pyroteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Nesis (1987a:171)]. Type species: Enoploteuthis margaritifera Ruppell, 1844 by original designation  
 

 

    

 
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