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Grimpoteuthis megaptera  (Verrill, 1885)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556581

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cirroctopus megaptera (Verrill, 1885)
  
    Cirroteuthis megaptera Verrill, 1885
  
    Cirroteuthis richardi Joubin, 1903
  
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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  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderOctopoda Leach, 1818  
                            SuborderCirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyOpisthoteuthidae Verrill, 1896  
                                  GenusGrimpoteuthis Robson, 1932  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885)  
       

 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: Grimpoteuthis megaptera    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.  
  Publication Date: 1932   
  Article/Chapter Title: Report on the Cephalopoda in the Raffles Museum   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin Raffles Museum, 7   
  Page(s): 21-33   
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  Notes: Year 1932b.   
  Reference for: Grimpoteuthis megaptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, C. F. E. and M. J. Sweeney  
  Publication Date: 1978   
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  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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  Reference for: Grimpoteuthis megaptera   
       
  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: Grimpoteuthis 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: Grimpoteuthis megaptera   
       

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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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