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Opisthoteuthis  Verrill, 1883
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82673

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Opisthoteuthis (Teuthidiscus) Berry, 1918
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassCephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, náutilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula  
                   SubclassColeoidea Bather, 1888  
                      SuperorderOctobrachia Fioroni, 1981  
                         OrderOctopoda Leach, 1818  
                            SuborderCirrina Grimpe, 1916  
                               FamilyOpisthoteuthidae Verrill, 1896  
                                  GenusOpisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1883  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis californiana Berry, 1949  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis depressa Ijima and Ikeda, 1895  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis extensa Thiele in Chun, 1915  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1903)  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis japonica Taki, 1962  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis medusoides Thiele in Chun, 1915  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis philipii Oommen, 1976  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis pluto Berry, 1918  
                                     Species Opisthoteuthis vossi Sanchez and Guerra, 1989  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Michael J. Sweeney  
  Notes: Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Opisthoteuthis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Opisthoteuthis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 561-599   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Opisthoteuthis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verrill, A. E.  
  Publication Date: 1883   
  Article/Chapter Title: Supplementary report on the "Blake" Cephalopods.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 11 (5)   
  Page(s): 105-115   
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  Notes: Year 1883a. 3 plates.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voss, G. L. / M. R. Clarke and E. R. Trueman, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Evolution and phylogenetic relationships of deep-sea octopods (Cirrata and Incirrata)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Mollusca, Volume 12, Paleontology and Neontology of Cephalopoda   
  Page(s): 355   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: San Diego, CA, USA   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Opisthoteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Voss (1988b:267)]. Type species: Opisthoteuthis agassizi Verrill, 1883 by monotypy  
 

 

    

 
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