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Octopus aranea  D'Orbigny, 1834 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556796

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Octopus filamentosus Blainville, 1826
 
       
  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 aranea    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.  
  Publication Date: 1929   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  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 aranea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Toll, R. B. / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the Indian Ocean (excluding Australia) and the Red Sea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 475-487   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Octopus aranea   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Robson (1929:143)]. Repository: MNHN Syntypes 5-5-1937, 5-5-1938 [see Toll (1998)]. Type Locality: Ile de France [Mauritius]  
 

 

    

 
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