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1890.12.28.83

Classification
Scientific name: Octopus tonganus Hoyle, 1885
Author: Hoyle, 1885
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Octopus
Species: tonganus
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Coleoidea; Octopodiformes; Octopoda; Incirrata; Octopodoidea; Octopodidae
Identification
Identified by: Mark D. Norman
Type status: SYNTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Octopus tonganus Hoyle, 1885
Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1890.12.28.83
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:7776298
Registration code: MO12
Kind of object: Specimen
Donor name: J J. Lister, Esq
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 011334892
Record
Occurrence ID: 01ae16b7-bc35-4b46-a188-8cb79ac9e9f5
Modified: 2021-02-02T21:41:25+00:00
Created: 2017-01-23T17:21:37+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2017-01-23T17:21:37+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-02T21:41:25+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb