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Octopoteuthis  Rüppell, 1844
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82432

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Octopodoteuthis Krohn, 1845
  
    Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912
  
    Verania Krohn, 1847
  
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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
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassCephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, náutilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula  
                   SubclassColeoidea Bather, 1888  
                      SuperorderDecabrachia Boettger, 1952  
                         OrderTeuthida Naef, 1916  
                            SuborderOegopsina D'Orbigny, 1845  
                               FamilyOctopoteuthidae Berry, 1912  
                                  GenusOctopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis danae (Joubin, 1931)  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis deletron Young, 1972  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis indica Naef, 1923  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis longiptera Akimushkin, 1963  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis nielseni (Robson, 1948)  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis rugosa Clarke, 1980  
                                     SpeciesOctopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844  
       

 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: Octopoteuthis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Octopoteuthis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, Clyde F. E., C. C. Lu and Katharina Mangold   
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of Illex from the western Atlantic and distributional aspects of other Illex species (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82   
  Page(s): 295-322   
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  Notes: 10 plates.   
  Reference for: Octopoteuthis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rüppell, E.   
  Publication Date: 1844   
  Article/Chapter Title: Intorno ad alcuni cefalopodi del mare di Messina: lettera del Dr. Eduardo Ruppell di Frankfort sul Meno al Prof. Anastasio Cocco   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Giornale del Gabinetto Letterario di Messina, 5 (27-28)   
  Page(s): 129-135   
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  Notes: 2 figures.   
  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: Octopoteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Roper et al. (1969)]. Type species: Octopoteuthis sicula Ruppell, 1844 by monotypy  
 

 

    


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