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Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885

Cephalopoda : Octopodoidea : Octopodidae
[WoRMS: 341982]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: W. E. Hoyle
Accession No.: NMW.Z.1978.014.00359
Preparations: Wet
No. of Specimens: beaks + radula
Locality: The Hyalonema ground south of Japan, Japan, station 232, 345 fathoms, HMS Challenger
Collecting Details: HMS Challenger

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. [224-225] 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. [99] Cited
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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 [11 & 100] Cited
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Label: None.
Hoyle, 1885a: The
Hyalonema-ground south of Japan, 345 fathoms (station 232)
Point Locality: The Hyalonema ground south of Japan,
Country: Japan
Station: station 232
Grid ref./Coordinates:
Region:
Sea Region:
Altitude:
Depth: 345 fathoms
Expedition: HMS Challenger
Ex. Collection:
Collecting date:
Collected by:

Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Octopoda Octopodoidea Octopodidae
Subfamily: Octopodinae

Remarks

Hoyle, 1885:
“One specimen.”

Record last modified - 27/06/2018