Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 
AphiaID: 156850

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Cephalopoda > Coleoidea > Decapodiformes > Oegopsida > Architeuthidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Architeuthidae Pfeffer, 1900
Sources		original description: Steenstrup J. 1857. Oplysninger om Atlanterhavets colossale blaeksprutter Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres, 7 (1856): 182-185 [details] taxonomy source: 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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English giant squids  [details]
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details]
Links		http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Archi.php To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156850
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-20 09:45:30Z   created   Claus, Simon 2006-09-05 13:59:36Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2011-10-21 21:13:36Z   checked   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156850 on 2013-05-18