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Benthoctopus piscatorum  (Verrill, 1879)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82593

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Octopus piscatorum Verrill, 1879
  
    Polypus normani Massy, 1907
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderOctopoda Leach, 1818  
                            SuborderIncirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyOctopodidae D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848  
                                  SubfamilyBathypolypodinae Robson, 1929  
                                     GenusBenthoctopus Grimpe, 1921  
                                        SpeciesBenthoctopus piscatorum (Verrill, 1879)  
       

 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: Benthoctopus piscatorum    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Benthoctopus piscatorum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Benthoctopus piscatorum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roper, C. F. E. and M. J. Sweeney  
  Publication Date: 1978   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278   
  Page(s): 1-19   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Benthoctopus piscatorum   
       
  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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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Benthoctopus piscatorum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verrill, A. E.  
  Publication Date: 1879   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 7   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Journal of Science and Arts, (series 3) 18 (58)   
  Page(s): 468-470   
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  Notes: Year 1879b.   
  Reference for: Benthoctopus piscatorum   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1932:224)]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 574641 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978)]. Type Locality: Le Have Bank, Nova Scotia  
 

 

    

 
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