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Moroteuthis ingens  (Smith, 1881)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556500

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Onychoteuthis ingens Smith, 1881
  
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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  
                               FamilyOnychoteuthidae Gray, 1847  
                                  GenusMoroteuthis Verrill, 1881  
                                     SpeciesMoroteuthis ingens (Smith, 1881)  
       

 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: Moroteuthis ingens    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kubodera, T., U. Piatkowski, T. Okutani, and M. R. Clarke / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomy and zoogeography of the family Onychoteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 277-291   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Moroteuthis ingens   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith, E. A.  
  Publication Date: 1881   
  Article/Chapter Title: Account of the zoological collection made during the survey of H.M.S. "Alert," in the Straits of Magellan, and on the Coast of Patagonia. IV. Mollusca and Molluscoida   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881 (1)   
  Page(s): 22-44   
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  Notes: 3 plates.   
  Reference for: Moroteuthis ingens   
       
  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: Moroteuthis ingens   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Kubodera et al. (1998)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1880.10.8.1 (head only) [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: Port Riofrio, West coast of Patagonia  
 

 

    

 
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