Taxonomy Profile: Octopus alecto (Berry 1953)

Octopus alecto: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Octopus alecto: 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 : Incirrina
Family : Octopodidae
Subfamily : Octopodinae
Genus : Octopus
Species : Octopus alecto
Octopus alecto Direct Children(s):
Octopus alecto: 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 alecto
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Berry, S. S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1953-01-01 / 1953-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Preliminary diagnosis of six west American species of Octopus
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Leaflets in Malacology, 1 (10)
Page(s):
51-58
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Octopus alecto
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nesis, K. N.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Cephalopods of the World: Squids, Cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies
Page(s):
351
Publisher:
T. F. H. Publications
Publication Place:
Neptune City, NJ, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Octopus alecto
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Sweeney, M. J., C. F. E. Roper, and F. G. Hochberg
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1988-01-01 / 1988-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of the type specimens of Recent Cephalopoda described by S. Stillman Berry
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Malacologia, 29 (1)
Page(s):
7-19
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Octopus alecto
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:
Octopus alecto
Octopus alecto: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Octopus alecto: Comments
Comment:
Taxon Validity: [fide Nesis (1987a:313)]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 815707 [fide Sweeney et al. (1988)]. Type Locality: South of Estero Doldado, Sonora, Mexico