Taxonomy Profile: Teretoctopus (Robson 1929)

Teretoctopus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Teretoctopus: 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 : Bathypolypodinae
Genus : Teretoctopus
Teretoctopus Direct Children(s):
Teretoctopus indicus
(Robson 1929)
Teretoctopus alcocki
(Robson 1932)
Teretoctopus: 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:
Teretoctopus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Robson, G. C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1929-01-01 / 1929-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Notes on the Cephalopoda. - VIII. The genera and subgenera of Octopodinae and Bathypolypodinae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 10) 3
Page(s):
607-608
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Year 1929b.
Reference for:
Teretoctopus
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:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Teretoctopus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Robson, G. C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1932-01-01 / 1932-01-01
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
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
79 figures, 6 plates. Year 1932a.
Reference for:
Teretoctopus
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:
Teretoctopus
Teretoctopus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Teretoctopus: Comments
Comment:
Taxon Validity: [fide Nesis (1987a:298)]. Type species: Teretoctopus indica nom. nov. for "Polypus pricei" Massy, 1916, non Berry. [See Robson (1932a:249) Type of the subgenus - T. indicus (="Polypus pricei Berry," Massy (1916a, in error)]