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Megaleledone  Taki, 1961
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555818

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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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  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderOctopoda Leach, 1818  
                            SuborderIncirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyOctopodidae D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848  
                                  SubfamilyMegaleledoninae Taki, 1961  
                                     GenusMegaleledone Taki, 1961  
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                                        Species Megaleledone senoi Taki, 1961  
       

 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: Megaleledone    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lu, C. C. and Timothy N. Stranks  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title: Synopsis of Pareledone and Megaleledone species, with description of two new species from east Antarctica (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae).   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 54   
  Page(s): 221-242   
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  Reference for: Megaleledone   
       
  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: Megaleledone   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Taki, I.  
  Publication Date: 1961   
  Article/Chapter Title: On two new eledonid octopods from the Antarctic Sea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University, 3 (2)   
  Page(s): 297-316   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Lu and Stranks (1994:233)]. Type species: Megaleledone senoi Taki, 1961 by original designation  
 

 

    

 
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