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Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885)

157020  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157020)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Type locality contained in North West Atlantic  
type locality contained in North West Atlantic [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Southeast of Long Island  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Southeast of Long Island [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157020 on 2024-04-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Grimpoteuthis megaptera (A. E. Verrill, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157020 on 2024-04-18
Date
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2005-05-20 11:54:45Z
created
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
changed
2011-03-16 19:15:22Z
changed
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
2023-06-18 00:21:19Z
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

additional source Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <i> Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review</i> 44: 277-322.
page(s): 299 [details]   

additional source Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 259 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Western Atlantic: Southeast of Long Island [details]

Habitat bathyal to abyssal [details]
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