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Japetella Hoyle, 1885

137695  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137695)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Octopoda (Order)
  8. Incirrata (Suborder)
  9. Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Amphitretidae (Family)
  11. Bolitaeninae (Subfamily)
  12. Japetella (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Japetella prismatica Hoyle, 1885 (type by subsequent monotypy)

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Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Japetella Hoyle, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137695 on 2025-04-10
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2013-09-28 11:08:03Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-09-28 22:36:12Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-03-01 00:48:36Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2020-01-28 18:00:35Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Other

additional source 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] 

additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Bolitanidae. pp. 221-224, 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. [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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