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Pteroctopus keralensis  (Oommen, 1966)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556684

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Pteroctopus hoylei (Berry, 1909)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
  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: Pteroctopus keralensis    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Oommen, V. P.   
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Octopoda of the Kerala Coast. 1. A new species of the genus Berrya Adam, 1943   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, University of Kerala, 2   
  Page(s): 51-60   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  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: Pteroctopus keralensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Toll, R. B. / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the Indian Ocean (excluding Australia) and the Red Sea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 475-487   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Pteroctopus keralensis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Toll (1998)]. Repository: OLUK Holotype. Type Locality: 09o59'N, 75o36'E (Indian Ocean)  
 

 

    


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