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Melanoteuthis beebei  Robson, 1929
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556757

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
 
       
  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: Melanoteuthis beebei    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pickford, G. E.   
  Publication Date: 1946   
  Article/Chapter Title: Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun an archaic dibranchiate cephalopod I. Natural history and distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dana Report, 29   
  Page(s): 1-40   
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  Reference for: Melanoteuthis beebei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.   
  Publication Date: 1929   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the rare abyssal octopod Melanoteuthis beebei (sp. n.): a contribution to the phylogeny of the Octopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1929 (3)   
  Page(s): 469-486   
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  Notes: 8 figures   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Pickford (1946:9)]. Repository: BMNH Holotype 1947.7.7.3-6 [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: 4o45'N, 87o00'W (Pacific Ocean)  
 

 

    


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