Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 23 629001
Scientific Name and Authority: Architeuthis kirki Robson, 1887

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 629 Architeuthidae (giant squids)    show full list

Common Name: giant squid
Suggested Indexable Form: giant squid
Common Names List: giant squid
Organism Type: a giant squid

Other names used in Australia:

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Parent Codes (if any):
   23 629000 .. Architeuthidae - undifferentiated .. giant squids
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Previous Codes (if any):

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: No
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: No

Record source:
   Lu, C. C., 2001. Cephalopoda. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W. W. K. , Editors. Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda: 129-308. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.

Scientific Name verified against:
   Lu, C. C., 2001. Cephalopoda. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W. W. K. , Editors. Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda: 129-308. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory