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Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri (Grimpe, 1920) 
AphiaID: 153094

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
Synonymised
taxa
  Stauroteuthis wülkeri Grimpe, 1920 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: 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]


Distribution East North Atlantic [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
Links To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Distribution: Known from depths of 1550-2056 m in the North Atlantic. One specimen from the north-west Atlantic, all others from north-east Atlantic. [details]

Habitat: abyssal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153094
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-03-16 14:35:44Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri (Grimpe, 1920). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153094 on 2013-05-24
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