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Octopus punctatus  Gabb, 1862
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82597

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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: Octopus punctatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Octopus punctatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Coan, E. V., and A. E. Bogan   
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Recent invertebrate taxa described by William More Gabb, 1839-1878   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 140   
  Page(s): 273-284   
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  Reference for: Octopus punctatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gabb, W. M.   
  Publication Date: 1862   
  Article/Chapter Title: Description of two new species of Cephalopods in the Museum of the California Academy of Natural Sciences   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences, 2   
  Page(s): 170-172   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hochberg, F. G. / P. V. Scott and J. A. Blake, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Class Cephalopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 8 The Mollusca Part 1, The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda   
  Page(s): 1-250   
  Publisher: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History   
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  Notes: Class Cephalopoda, pages 175-236   
  Reference for: Octopus punctatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Spamer, E. E. and A. E. Bogan   
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of the types of neontological Mollusca of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 7: Cephalopoda and Scaphopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Tryonia, 24   
  Page(s): 1-13   
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  Reference for: Octopus punctatus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Hochberg (1998:204)]. Repository: ANSP Syntypes[?]; specimen(s) no longer extant [fide Coan and Bogan (1988)]. Type Locality: San Francisco; Lower California.  
 

 

    


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