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Grimpoteuthis challengeri Collins, 2003 
AphiaID: 153073

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Cirrata (Suborder) > Grimpoteuthidae (Family) > Grimpoteuthis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Grimpoteuthis Robson, 1932
Sources  original description: Collins, M.A. (2003). The genus Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Grimpoteuthidae) in the north-east Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 139(1): 93-127 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322.
page(s): 299 [details]


context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Distribution type locality: North Atlantic [details]
North Atlantic [details]
Links To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Note  Holotype: Holotype: BMNH 20030375; male 58 mm ML [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153073
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-03-16 19:15:22Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Grimpoteuthis challengeri Collins, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153073 on 2013-05-19
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