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Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 
AphiaID: 342218

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Oegopsida (Order) > Architeuthidae (Family) > Architeuthis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857
Synonymised
taxa
  Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933
Architeuthis hartingii (Verrill, 1875)
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888
Architeuthis martensii (Hilgendorf, 1880)
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1860
Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935
Architeuthis physeteris (Joubin, 1900)
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875
Architeuthis sanctipauli (Vélain, 1877)
Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882)
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880 (original combination)
Mouchezis sanctipauli Vélain, 1877
Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882
Sources  additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details]

additional source: Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

from synonym: Winkelmann I., Campos P.F., Strugnell J., Cherel Y., Smith P.J., Kubodera T., Allcock L., Kampmann M.-L., Schroeder H., Guerra A., Norman M., Finn J., Ingrao D., Clarke M. & Gilbert T.P. (2013) Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 280: 20130273., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0273 [details] [view taxon]

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

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English giant squid  [details]
French calmar géant  [details]
Swedish jättebläckfiskar  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic [details]
North Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)
to CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 767 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342218
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-03-27 18:55:09Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-05-29 15:51:48Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2013-04-02 08:07:40Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342218 on 2013-05-23
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