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Retroteuthis  Joubin, 1929
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555877

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 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: Retroteuthis    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Joubin, L.   
  Publication Date: 1929   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notes preliminaires sur les Cephalopodes des croisieres du DANA (1921-1922). Octopodes - 1re Partie   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals de l'Institut Oceanographique, (new series) 6 (4)   
  Page(s): 363-394   
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  Notes: 23 figures   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pickford, G. E.   
  Publication Date: 1946   
  Article/Chapter Title: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun an archaic dibranchiate cephalopod I. Natural history and distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dana Report, 29   
  Page(s): 1-40   
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  Reference for: Retroteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Pickford (1946:7)]. Type species: Retroteuthis pacifica Joubin, 1929 by monotypy  
 

 

    


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