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Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903 
AphiaID: 138623

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Vampyromorpha (Order) > Vampyroteuthidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Genus
Parent Vampyroteuthidae Thiele in Chun, 1915
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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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 Species Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138623
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-09-29 11:38:53Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138623 on 2013-06-20
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