African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Alloposus A. E. Verrill, 1880

WoRMS name details

Alloposus A. E. Verrill, 1880

AphiaID

225498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225498)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Haliphron Steenstrup, 1859

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Alloposus mollis A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Alloposidae A. E. Verrill, 1881

Parent

Alloposidae A. E. Verrill, 1881

Original name

Alloposus A. E. Verrill, 1880

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Species Alloposus hardyi G. C. Robson, 1930 accepted as Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Alloposus mollis A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Alloposus pacificus Ijima, 1902 accepted as Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Alloposus albatrossi (G. C. Robson, 1932) (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science. 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 393 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alloposus A. E. Verrill, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225498 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-22 07:45:12Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2006-09-05 06:52:51Z

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Martinez, Olga

2013-09-28 11:08:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-06-08 22:26:17Z

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Finn, Julian

2023-06-17 16:08:40Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science. 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 393 [details]

basis of record Finn J.K. (2014). Family Alloposidae. pp. 225-228, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 226 [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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