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Grimpoteuthididae O'Shea, 1999
1748021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1748021)
unaccepted
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280.
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O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Spelling The original spelling for this family name was Grimpoteuthididae, based on the stem -teuthid of the type genus. However, ICZN Art. 29.3.1.1 states that << If the stem so formed ends in -id, those letters may be elided before adding the family-group suffixes. >> The family name based on Grimpoteuthis is here spelled Grimpoteuthidae for consistency with other cephalopod family group names. [details]
