MolluscaBase - Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934

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Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934

AphiaID

342482 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342482)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Chiroteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934 accepted as Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932) (type by original designation)

Parent

Chiroteuthidae Gray, 1849

Original name

Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934

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Species Bigelowia atlanticus MacDonald & Clench, 1934 accepted as Chiroteuthis mega (Joubin, 1932) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bigelowia MacDonald & Clench, 1934. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342482 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-08 06:51:45Z

created

Decock, Wim

2009-05-16 16:10:40Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2016-06-05 01:28:00Z

changed

Finn, Julian

Licensing

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Links (1)

basis of record Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Chiroteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 135-145., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 136 [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bigelowia)