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Octopus didynamus  Rafinesque, 1814
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556867

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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 didynamus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rafinesque, C. S.   
  Publication Date: 1814   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Precis des Decouvertes et Travaux Somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814 ou choix raisonne de ses principales Decouvertes en Zoologie et en Botanique.   
  Page(s): 56   
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  Publication Place: Palermo, Italy   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  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 didynamus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: synonymy in question [fide Robson (1929:214)]. Repository: Type repository undetermined . Type Locality: Sicily  
 

 

    


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