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Architeuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1878

562496  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:562496)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Oegopsida (Order)
  8. Architeuthoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Architeuthidae (Family)
  10. Architeuthis (Genus)
  11. Architeuthis megaptera (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Architeuthis megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=562496 on 2025-04-10
Date
action
by
2011-02-26 21:39:15Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-06-12 11:32:48Z
changed
Finn, Julian
2023-06-17 23:26:36Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

basis of record Roper, C.F.E., Nigmatullin, C. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Ommastrephidae. In P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 269-347. , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 318 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Dunning M.C. (1998) A review of the systematics, distribution, and biology of arrow squids genera Ommastrephes Orbigny, 1835, Sthenoteuthis Verrill, 1880, and Ornithoteuthis Okada, 1927 (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 425-433, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
page(s): 428 [details] 

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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 017932.GP) 
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