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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Cephalopoda (class)  »  Oegopsida (order)  »  Cranchiidae (family)

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
Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [7] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
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
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