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Sepia pfefferi  Hoyle, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556202

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - original name/combination   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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: Sepia pfefferi    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.   
  Publication Date: 1885   
  Article/Chapter Title: Diagnosis of new species of Cephaloposa collected during the cruise of H.M.S. "Challenger" - II. The Decapoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 5) 16   
  Page(s): 181-203   
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  Notes: Year 1885c.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lipinski, M. R., F. A. Naggs, and M. A. Roeleveld / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nominal type specimens of Sepiidae in The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 157   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Sepia pfefferi   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lu, C. C. / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 159-190   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Sepia pfefferi   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Lu (1998)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1890.1.24.11 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: 9 59'S, 139 42'E (Arafura Sea)  
 

 

    


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