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Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 in Harting, 1860
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82392

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)
		Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875
		Steenstrupia Kirk, 1882
		Architeuthus Steenstrup, 1857
		Plectoteuthis Owen, 1881
		Mouchezis Velain, 1877
		Megateuthis Hilgendorf, 1880
		Megaloteuthis Kent, 1874
		Dubioteuthis Joubin, 1900
		Dinoteuthis More, 1875
		Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874
		Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882
		Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	1999

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Spiralia
	Phylum	Mollusca – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks
	Class	Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, n�utilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula
	Subclass	Coleoidea Bather, 1888
	Superorder	Decabrachia Boettger, 1952
	Order	Teuthida Naef, 1916
	Suborder	Oegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845
	Family	Architeuthidae Pfeffer, 1900
	Genus	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 in Harting, 1860
		Direct Children:
	Species	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup in Harting, 1860
	Species	Architeuthis hartingii (Verrill, 1875)
	Species	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912
	Species	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887
	Species	Architeuthis physeteris (Joubin, 1900)
	Species	Architeuthis sanctipauli (Velain, 1877)
	Species	Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882

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:	Architeuthis

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Architeuthis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Harting, P.
	Publication Date:	1860
	Article/Chapter Title:	Description de quelques fragments de deux Cephalopodes gigantesques
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, 9 (1)
	Page(s):	16
	Publisher:	Akademie van Wetenschappen
	Publication Place:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
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	Notes:	3 plates. Published separately; Journal's actual date is from 1861
	Reference for:	Architeuthis

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hoyle, W. E.
	Publication Date:	1910
	Article/Chapter Title:	A list of the generic names of Dibranchiate Cephalopoda with their type species
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 32
	Page(s):	407-413
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	Reference for:	Architeuthis

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Steenstrup, J.
	Publication Date:	1857
	Article/Chapter Title:	Oplysninger om Atlanterhavets colossale Blacksprutter
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres Syvende Mode, 7
	Page(s):	182-185
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	Reference for:	Architeuthis

	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:	Architeuthis

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Taxon Validity: [fide Hoyle (1910b:408)]. Type species: Architeuthis dux Steenstrup In Harting, 1860 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910b:408)]

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