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Grimpoteuthis  Robson, 1932
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555807

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Cirroctopus Naef, 1923
  
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  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  
                                  GenusGrimpoteuthis Robson, 1932  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis albatrossi (Sasaki, 1920)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis antarctica Kubodera and Okutani, 1986  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis bathynectes Voss and Pearcy, 1990  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis bruuni Voss, 1982  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis glacialis (Robson, 1930)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis hippocrepium (Hoyle, 1904)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis mawsoni (Berry, 1917)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis meangensis (Hoyle, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis pacifica (Hoyle, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis plena (Verrill, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis tuftsi Voss and Pearcy, 1990  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis umbellata (Fischer, 1883)  
                                     SpeciesGrimpoteuthis wulkeri (Grimpe, 1920)  
       

 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: Grimpoteuthis    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robson, G. C.   
  Publication Date: 1932   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part II. The Octopoda   
  Page(s): 359   
  Publisher: British Museum   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Notes: 79 figures, 6 plates. Year 1932a.   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  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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  Reference for: Grimpoteuthis   
       
  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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  Reference for: Grimpoteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Voss (1988b:267)]. Type species: Cirroteuthis umbellata Fischer, 1883 by original designation.  
 

 

    


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