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1947.3.12.1-2

Classification
Scientific name: Octopus kempi (Robson, 1929)
Author: (Robson, 1929)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Octopus
Species: kempi
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Coleoidea; Octopodiformes; Octopoda; Incirrata; Octopodoidea; Octopodidae
Location
Locality: off mouth of Congo River
Water body: Congo River
Identification
Type status: SYNTYPE(S)
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Octopus kempi (Robson, 1929)
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1947.3.12.1-2
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2437340
Registration code: MO19
Kind of object: Specimen
Collection name: 'Discovery' Collection
Kind of collection: Wet
Individual count: 2
Sex: Female
Zoology
Barcode: 011261926
Record
Occurrence ID: ef67a10f-3270-43ad-885b-14b58387438e
Modified: 2021-02-02T21:59:30+00:00
Created: 2012-08-01T12:49:34+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2012-08-01T12:49:34+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-02T21:59:30+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