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Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1856 
AphiaID: 342218

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Oegopsida (Order) > Architeuthidae (Family) > Architeuthis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857
Sources  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Giant squid  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic [details]
Links to CLEMAM
To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
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To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To ITIS
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2008-03-27 18:55:09Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342218 on 2010-09-02
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