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Eledone rotunda Hoyle, 1885
Cephalopoda : Octopodoidea : Octopodidae| Current Name: | Bentheledone rotunda (Hoyle, 1885) [WoRMS: 342284] |
| Type Status: | Holotype |
| Collection: | W. E. Hoyle |
| Accession No.: | NMW.Z.1978.014.00432 |
| Preparations: | Wet |
| No. of Specimens: | 2 beak + 1 b.m. |
| Locality: | Diatom ooze, the Southern Ocean, station 157, 1950 fms , 53°55’S, 108°35’E, HMS Challenger |
| Collecting Details: | HMS Challenger, 3/3/1874, (ex.Coll.) W. E. Hoyle |
References
Reference |
Citation |
Reference available |
|---|---|---|
| Hoyle, W. E. 1885a. Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the Cruise of H.M.S. “Challenger” - Part 1. The Octopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5(15): 222-236. [230] | Cited Original Description Type Designation |
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| Hoyle, W. E. 1885c. Preliminary Report on the Cephalopoda collected during the Cruise of H.M.S. “Challenger”. Part 1. The Octopoda. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 13: 94-114. [105-106] | Cited | request |
| Hoyle, W. E. 1886. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. “Challenger” during the years 1873-1876. Zoology. Part 44 - Report on the Cephalopoda. 16. i-vi, 1-246pp; pl. 7 [104-105] | Cited | request |
Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Label: No locality given. Hoyle, 1885a: The Southern Ocean, 1950 fathoms (station 157). Hoyle, 1886: Station 157, in the Southern Ocean, March 3 1874; 53°55’S., 108°35’E.; 1950 fathoms; Diatom ooze. |
| Point Locality: | Diatom ooze, |
| Country: | |
| Station: | station 157 |
| Grid ref./Coordinates: | 53°55’S., 108°35’E. |
| Region: | the Southern Ocean. |
| Sea Region: | |
| Altitude: | |
| Depth: | 1950 fms |
| Expedition: | HMS Challenger |
| Ex. Collection: | W. E. Hoyle |
| Collecting date: | 3/3/1874 |
| Collected by: |
Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animalia | Mollusca | Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea |
Octopoda | Octopodoidea | Octopodidae Subfamily: Eledoninae |
Remarks
This is only the beak and buccal mass, the remainder of the holotype resides at the NHM under number BM(NH)1890.1.24.6.
Hoyle (1885) cites another specimen of this species being collected at 2225 fms, stn 298, 1 spec. arms only.
Record last modified - 27/06/2018