Taxonomy Profile: Grimpoteuthis megaptera (Verrill 1885)

Grimpoteuthis megaptera: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Cirroctopus megaptera
Verrill 1885
Cirroteuthis megaptera
Verrill 1885
Cirroteuthis richardi
Joubin 1903
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Grimpoteuthis megaptera: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Cephalopoda
octopuses |
squids |
cefalopode |
lula |
náutilo |
polvo |
calmars |
encornets |
pieuvres |
poulpes |
Subclass : Coleoidea
Superorder : Octobrachia
Order : Octopoda
Suborder : Cirrina
Grimpoteuthis megaptera Direct Children(s):
Grimpoteuthis megaptera: 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:
Grimpoteuthis megaptera
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Robson, G. C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1932-01-01 / 1932-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Report on the Cephalopoda in the Raffles Museum
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin Raffles Museum, 7
Page(s):
21-33
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Year 1932b.
Reference for:
Grimpoteuthis megaptera
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Verrill, A. E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1885-01-01 / 1885-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Third catalogue of Mollusca, recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Transaction of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, 6 (2)
Page(s):
395-452
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
3 plates.
Reference for:
Grimpoteuthis megaptera
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Roper, C. F. E. and M. J. Sweeney
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1978-01-01 / 1978-01-01
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:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Grimpoteuthis megaptera
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 (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
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:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Grimpoteuthis megaptera
Grimpoteuthis megaptera: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Grimpoteuthis megaptera: Comments
Comment:
Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1932:140)]. Repository: NMNH Syntypes: 39916 specimen no longer extant; 39963 specimen no longer extant; 40127; 40131 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978)]. Type Locality: 36oN, 68oW and 36oN, 69oW (Atlantic Ocean)