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The document summarizes information about the Octopus maya species, including: 1) It is a valid species of octopus in the genus Octopus that was described from the Bay of Campeche in Mexico in 1966. 2) The holotype specimen is housed at the National Museum of Natural History. 3) It is found in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Octopus maya Voss and Solis Ramirez, 1966


Taxonomic Serial No.: 82632

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


Kingdom: Taxonomic Rank: Synonym(s): Common Name(s): Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: Animalia Species

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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Subkingdom Infrakingdom Superphylum Phylum Class Subclass Superorder Order Suborder Family Subfamily Genus Species Animalia Animal, animaux, animals Bilateria Protostomia Lophozoa Mollusca mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, nutilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula Coleoidea Bather, 1888 Octobrachia Fioroni, 1981 Octopoda Leach, 1818 Incirrina Grimpe, 1916 Octopodidae D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 in Frussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848 Octopodinae Grimpe, 1921 Octopus Cuvier, 1797 Octopus maya Voss and Solis Ramirez, 1966

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Expert(s): Expert: Notes: Reference for: Other Source(s): Source: Acquired: Notes: Reference for: Publication(s): Author(s)/Editor(s): Publication Date: Article/Chapter Title: Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Page(s): Publisher: Publication Place: ISBN/ISSN: Notes: Reference for: Author(s)/Editor(s): Publication Date: Article/Chapter Title: Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Page(s): Publisher: Publication Place: ISBN/ISSN: Notes: Reference for: Author(s)/Editor(s): Publication Date: Article/Chapter Title: Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Page(s): Publisher: Publication Place: ISBN/ISSN: Notes: Michael J. Sweeney Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560 Octopus maya

NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0) 1996 Octopus maya

Roper, C. F. E. and M. J. Sweeney 1978 A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278 1-19 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington, D. C., USA

Octopus maya Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds. 1998 Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II) 561-599 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington, D. C., USA

Octopus maya Voss, G. L. and M. Solis Ramirez 1966 Octopus maya, a new species from the Bay of Campeche, Mexico Bulletin of Marine Science, 16 (3) 615-625

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Reference for: Author(s)/Editor(s): Publication Date: Article/Chapter Title: Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Page(s): Publisher: Publication Place: ISBN/ISSN: Notes: Reference for:

original description Voss, G. L. and R. B. Toll / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds. 1998 The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II) 457-474 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington, D. C., USA

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Comments
Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Voss and Toll (1998)]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 576060 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978)]. Type Locality: Bay of Campeche, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico

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