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Japetella diaphana  Hoyle, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82655

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Octopus brevipes D'Orbigny, 1834 in 1834-1847
  
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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  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderOctopoda Leach, 1818  
                            SuborderIncirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyBolitaenidae Chun, 1911  
                                  GenusJapetella Hoyle, 1885  
                                     SpeciesJapetella diaphana 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: Japetella diaphana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Japetella diaphana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hoyle, W. E.   
  Publication Date: 1885   
  Article/Chapter Title: Diagnosis of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. "Challenger" - I. The Octopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 5) 15   
  Page(s): 222-236   
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  Notes: Year 1885b.   
  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: Japetella diaphana   
       
  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: Japetella diaphana   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1932:332)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1890.1.24.8 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: 0 42'S, 147 E, North of Papua [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]  
 

 

    


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