African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Megaleledonidae Taki, 1961

AphiaID

834050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:834050)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Octopodoidea A. d'Orbigny, 1839

Direct children (12)

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Genus Adelieledone Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003
Genus Bathypurpurata Vecchione, Allcock & Piatkowski, 2005
Genus Bentheledone G. C. Robson, 1932
Genus Graneledone Joubin, 1918
Genus Megaleledone Iw. Taki, 1961
Genus Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004
Genus Pareledone G. C. Robson, 1932
Genus Praealtus Allcock, M. A. Collins, Piatkowski & Vecchione, 2004
Genus Tetracheledone G. L. Voss, 1955
Genus Thaumeledone G. C. Robson, 1930
Genus Velodona Chun, 1915
Genus Vosseledone Palacio, 1978

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Megaleledonidae Taki, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834050 on 2024-12-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-02-14 13:10:31Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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status source Strugnell J.M., Norman M.D., Vecchione M., Guzik M. & Allcock A.L. (2014). The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 725: 215-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6 [details]

status source Taite, M.; Fernández-Álvarez, F.; Braid, H.; Bush, S.; Bolstad, K.; Drewery, J.; Mills, S.; Strugnell, J.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Voight, J.; Allcock, A. (2023). Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 182: 107729., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107729 [details]

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