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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 643006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Teuthowenia megalops   (Prosch, 1849)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 643 Cranchiidae (bathyscaphoid squids, cranch squids) - show full list Common Name: [a squid] Organism Type: a squid Synonyms: Megalocranchia megalops Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 23 643913     Teuthowenia spp. Previous Codes (if any): 00 905137, 905137

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Taxon Notes:	This North Atlantic species has been reported from Australian waters in the past, but these records refer to other species, and this species is not present in the Australasian region. See Roper & Jereb, 2010. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 905137 (FISHLIST 905137).
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139429 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Roper, C.F.E., Jereb, P., 2010. Squids. Family Cranchiidae. In: Jereb, P. Roper, C.F.E., Editors, Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and oegopsid squids.. FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes., No. 4, Vol. 2: 148-178. FAO, Rome