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Aphrodoctopus nigra (Hoyle, 1910) 
AphiaID: 342245

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Aphrodoctopus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Eledone schultzei (Hoyle, 1910)
Rank Species
Parent Aphrodoctopus Roper & Mangold, 1991
Sources  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

source of synonymy: Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154., available online at http://www.pmbc.go.th/webpmbc/ResearchBulletin/Bull%2066%20%20pdf/13.%20Norman.pdf [details]

Environment marine
Distribution South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342245
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2008-03-27 18:55:09Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-10-20 13:11:51Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Aphrodoctopus nigra (Hoyle, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342245 on 2013-06-18
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