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Leachia cyclura  Lesueur, 1821
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556286

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Perothis eschscholtzii Rathke, 1833
  
    Loligopsis guttata Grant, 1833
  
    Loligo leachii Blainville, 1823
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                               FamilyCranchiidae Prosch, 1847  
                                  SubfamilyCranchiinae Pfeffer, 1912  
                                     GenusLeachia Lesueur, 1821  
                                        SubgenusLeachia (Leachia) Lesueur, 1821  
                                           SpeciesLeachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821  
       

 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: Leachia cyclura    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lesueur, C. A.  
  Publication Date: 1821   
  Article/Chapter Title: Description of several new species of Cuttle-fish   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2 (1)   
  Page(s): 86-101   
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  Notes: 7 plates.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lu, C. C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of types of recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4) 17 (3-4)   
  Page(s): 307-343   
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  Reference for: Leachia cyclura   
       
  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: Leachia cyclura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voss, G. L.  
  Publication Date: 1962   
  Article/Chapter Title: South African Cephalopods   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 36 (4)   
  Page(s): 245-272   
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  Notes: Year 1962d. 3 figures, 1 plate.   
  Reference for: Leachia cyclura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voss, N. A.  
  Publication Date: 1980   
  Article/Chapter Title: A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda; Oegopsida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Marine Science, 39 (2)   
  Page(s): 365-412   
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  Reference for: Leachia cyclura   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: subgenus: Leachia author: Lesueur, 1821  
    Taxon Validity: [fide Voss (1980:380)]. Repository: ANSP Holotype; specimen no longer extant [fide Voss (1962d) and Lu et al. (1995)]. "Inhabits Pacific Ocean". Also states "This description is taken from a drawing made by Mr. Petit, from a specimen obtained in the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 37o South, and long. 33o East" [= off South Africa!]  
 

 

    

 
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