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Vampyroteuthis  Chun, 1903
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82586

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Watasella Sasaki, 1920
 
    Retroteuthis Joubin, 1929
 
    Melanoteuthis Joubin, 1912
 
    Hymenoteuthis Thiele, 1916
 
    Hansenoteuthis Joubin, 1929
 
    Danateuthis Joubin, 1929
 
  Common Name(s):    
       
  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  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassCephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, náutilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula  
                   SubclassColeoidea Bather, 1888  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderVampyromorphida Pickford, 1939  
                            FamilyVampyroteuthidae Thiele in Chun, 1915  
                               GenusVampyroteuthis Chun, 1903  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903  
       

 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: Vampyroteuthis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vampyroteuthis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chun, C.  
  Publication Date: 1903   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): 592   
  Publisher: Gustav Fischer   
  Publication Place: Jena, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.  
  Publication Date: 1932   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part II. The Octopoda   
  Page(s): 359   
  Publisher: British Museum   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: 79 figures, 6 plates. Year 1932a.   
  Reference for: Vampyroteuthis   
       
  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   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vampyroteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1932a:98)]. Type species: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 by monotypy  
 

 

   

 
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