WoRMS taxon details
Grimpoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885)
AphiaID: 157020
AphiaID: 157020
| 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 |
basis of record: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: 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 | Central Atlantic Ocean [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Antarctic Invertebrates To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Southeast of Long Island [details] Habitat: bathyal to abyssal [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157020 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Grimpoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157020 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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