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Bathyteuthis abyssicola  Hoyle, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82508

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Bathyteuthis megalops (Verrill, 1885)
  
    Benthoteuthis megalops Verrill, 1885
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             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  
                               FamilyBathyteuthidae Pfeffer, 1900  
                                  GenusBathyteuthis Hoyle, 1885  
                                     SpeciesBathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle, 1885  
       

 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: Bathyteuthis abyssicola    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Bathyteuthis abyssicola   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.   
  Publication Date: 1885   
  Article/Chapter Title: Narrative of the Challenger Expedition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of the H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, Narrative, 1 (1)   
  Page(s): 269-274   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, Clyde F. E.   
  Publication Date: 1968   
  Article/Chapter Title: Preliminary descriptions of two new species of the bathypelagic squid Bathyteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 81   
  Page(s): 161-172   
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  Notes: 7 plates.   
  Reference for: Bathyteuthis abyssicola   
       
  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: Bathyteuthis abyssicola   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Roper (1968:171)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1890.1.24.15 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: 46 16'S, 48 27'E (Indian Ocean)  
 

 

    


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