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Macrotritopus kempi  Robson, 1929
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556938

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Octopus defilippi Verany, 1851
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
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  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: Macrotritopus kempi    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mangold, Katharina / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Octopodinae from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 521-528   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Macrotritopus kempi   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.   
  Publication Date: 1929   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notes on the Cephalopoda. - VII. On Macrotritopus Grimpe, with a description of a new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 10) 3   
  Page(s): 311-313   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Mangold (1998)]. Repository: BMNH Syntypes (2) 1947.3.12.1-2 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: 5o54'S, 11o19'E, mouth of Congo River [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]  
 

 

    


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