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Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881 
AphiaID: 137697

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Oegopsida (Order) > Brachioteuthidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Brachioteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Brachioteuthis beani Verrill, 1881
Species Brachioteuthis behni (Steenstrup, 1882)
Species Brachioteuthis bowmani Russell, 1909
Species Brachioteuthis linkovskyi Lipinski, 2001
Species Brachioteuthis picta Chun, 1910
Species Brachioteuthis riisei (Steenstrup, 1882)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137697
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137697 on 2013-05-25
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