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Octopus brevitentaculatus  Blainville, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556769

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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: Octopus brevitentaculatus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Blainville, H. D.  
  Publication Date: 1826   
  Article/Chapter Title: Poulpe, Octopus (Malacoz.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, 43   
  Page(s): 170-214   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lu, C. C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of types of recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4) 17 (3-4)   
  Page(s): 307-343   
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  Reference for: Octopus brevitentaculatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.  
  Publication Date: 1929   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part I. Octopodinae   
  Page(s): 1-236   
  Publisher: British Museum   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Notes: 89 figures, 7 plates   
  Reference for: Octopus brevitentaculatus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: synonymy in question [fide Robson (1929:57)]. Repository: MNHN Syntypes; specimens not found [fide Lu et al. (1995)]. Type Locality: Type Locality not indicated  
 

 

    

 
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