Taxonomy Profile: Octopus carolinensis (Verrill 1884)

Octopus carolinensis: 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 carolinensis: 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
Octopus carolinensis Direct Children(s):
Octopus carolinensis: 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 carolinensis
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Octopus carolinensis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Verrill, A. E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1884-01-01 / 1884-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Second catalogue of the 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.:
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, 6 (1)
Page(s):
139-294
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
6 plates.
Reference for:
Octopus carolinensis
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:
Octopus carolinensis
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 carolinensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Voss, G. L. and R. B. Toll / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)
Page(s):
457-474
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, D. C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Octopus carolinensis
Octopus carolinensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Octopus carolinensis: Comments
Comment:
Taxon Validity: [fide Voss and Toll (1998)]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 35673 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978)]. Type Locality: 35 14'20"N, 74 59'10"W (Atlantic Ocean)