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Octopus arcticus  Prosch, 1847
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82637

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - original name/combination   
       
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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 arcticus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Octopus arcticus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kristensen, T. K. and J. Knudsen   
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the type specimens of Cephalopoda (Mollusca) in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Steenstrupia, 9 (10)   
  Page(s): 217-227   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Octopus arcticus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Prosch, V.   
  Publication Date: 1847   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og Anatomisk undersogte   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk, (series 5) 1   
  Page(s): 53-72   
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  Notes: 7 figures. Separates, 20 pp., dated 1847   
  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   
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  Notes: 79 figures, 6 plates. Year 1932a.   
  Reference for: Octopus arcticus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1932)]. Repository: ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen and Knudsen (1983)][see Robson(1932:pl 6 fig 1)]. Type Locality: Greenland  
 

 

    


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