Taxonomy Profile: Promachoteuthis megaptera (Hoyle 1885)

Promachoteuthis megaptera: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
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Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Promachoteuthis 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 : Decabrachia
Order : Teuthida
Suborder : Oegopsina
Promachoteuthis megaptera Direct Children(s):
Promachoteuthis 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:
Promachoteuthis megaptera
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hoyle, W. E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1885-01-01 / 1885-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Narrative of the Challenger Expedition
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Report on the scientific results of the voyage of the H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, Narrative, 1 (1)
Page(s):
269-274
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Reference for:
Promachoteuthis megaptera
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Roper, C. F. E. and R. E. Young
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1968-01-01 / 1968-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
The family Promachoteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). I. A re-evaluation of its systematic position based on new material from Antarctic and adjacent waters
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Antarctic Research Series, 2
Page(s):
203-214
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Notes:
3 plates
Reference for:
Promachoteuthis 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
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Reference for:
Promachoteuthis megaptera
Promachoteuthis megaptera: Geographic Information
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Promachoteuthis megaptera: Comments
Comment:
Taxon Validity: [fide Roper and Young (1968:203)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1890.1.24.10 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: 34 37'N, 140 32'E, Southeast of O-shima, Japan [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]