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Cirroteuthis megaptera  Verrill, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556580

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Grimpoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - original name/combination   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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: Cirroteuthis megaptera    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.   
  Publication Date: 1932   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part II. The Octopoda   
  Page(s): 359   
  Publisher: British Museum   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Notes: 79 figures, 6 plates. Year 1932a.   
  Reference for: Cirroteuthis megaptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, C. F. E. and M. J. Sweeney   
  Publication Date: 1978   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278   
  Page(s): 1-19   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cirroteuthis megaptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verrill, A. E.   
  Publication Date: 1885   
  Article/Chapter Title: Third catalogue of Mollusca, recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transaction of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, 6 (2)   
  Page(s): 395-452   
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  Notes: 3 plates.   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1932:140)]. Repository: NMNH Syntypes: 39916 specimen no longer extant; 39963 specimen no longer extant; 40127; 40131 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978)]. Type Locality: 36oN, 68oW and 36oN, 69oW (Atlantic Ocean)  
 

 

    


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