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Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) 
AphiaID: 140596

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Bathypolypus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921
Synonymised
taxa
  Octopus bairdi (Verrill, 1873) (synonym)
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: Pollock, 1998 [details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English North Atlantic octopus  [details]
English Spoonarm octopus  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To CLEMAM
To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: neritic to bathyal [details]
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history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2009). Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140596 on 2010-07-30
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