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Tremoctopus scalenus  Hoyle, 1904
Taxonomic Serial No.: 557097

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
 
       
  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: Tremoctopus scalenus    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.   
  Publication Date: 1904   
  Article/Chapter Title: Reports on the Cephalopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge, 43 (1)   
  Page(s): 1-72   
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  Notes: Year 1904b. 12 plates.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thomas, R. F.   
  Publication Date: 1977   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics, distribution and biology of Cephalopods of the genus Tremoctopus (Octopoda: Tremoctopodidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Marine Science, 27 (3)   
  Page(s): 353-392   
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  Notes: 18 figures.   
  Reference for: Tremoctopus scalenus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: Valid species?; ?Octopus macropus [fide Thomas (1977:386)]. Repository: Type repository undetermined. Type Locality: 7o06'N, 79o48'W (Pacific Ocean)  
 

 

    


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