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Plectoteuthis  Owen, 1881
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555880

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 in Harting, 1860
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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: Plectoteuthis    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Owen, R.   
  Publication Date: 1881   
  Article/Chapter Title: Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (Part II)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 11 (5)   
  Page(s): 131-170   
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  Notes: 4 figures, 13 plates   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verrill, A. E.   
  Publication Date: 1881   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Cephalopods of the northeastern coast of America. Part II. The smaller Cephalopods, including the "squids" and the octopi, with other allied forms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, 5 (6)   
  Page(s): 259-446   
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  Notes: 33 plates. Verrill, 1880-1881   
  Reference for: Plectoteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Verrill (1880-1881:401)]. Type species: Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881 by monotypy  
 

 

    


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