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Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Rossia borealis Sasaki, 1913
2. Rossia pacifica Berry, 1911

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Feb-1999

Physical Description

Distribution

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rossia:

There are approximately 16 species and subspecies in this genus: R. brachyura (Rossie) · R. bullisi (Bully Bobtail) · R. dispar · R. elliptica · R. glaucopis (Rossie) · R. leptodons · R. macrosoma (Globito Robusto) · R. macrosoma delle · R. megaptera (Big-Fin Bobtail Squid) · R. moelleri (Rossie) · R. mollicella (Rossie) · R. pacifica (Eastern Pacific Bobtail) · R. pacifica diegensis (Rossie) · R. pacifica pacifica (Globito Del Pacifico Boreal) · R. palpebrosa (Rossie) · R. tortugaensis (Globito De Tortugas)

Members of the genus Cladonia:

There are approximately 2,133 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: C. arbuscula arbuscula · C. cervicornis cervicornis · C. cervicornis mawsonii · C. cervicornis pulvinata · C. cervicornis verticillata · C. furcata furcata · C. furcata subrangiformis · C. gracilis tenerrima · C. pyxidata chlorophaea · C. uncialis uncialis · C. abbatiana · C. abbreviata · C. abbreviatula · C. aberrans · C. abietiformis · C. acervata · C. acicularis · C. acuminata · C. acuminata acuminata · C. acuminata f. acuminata · C. acuminata f. squamulifera · C. acuminata foliata · C. acuminata var. acuminata · C. acuminata var. foliata · C. adspersa · C. agariciformis · C. aggregata aggregata · C. aggregata f. aggregata · C. aggregata f. cetrarioides · C. aggregata f. inflata · C. aggregata f. subdivergens · C. aggregata neutra · C. aggregata subminiata · C. aggregata var. aggregata · C. aggregata var. cetrarloldes · C. aggregata var. inflata · C. ahtii · C. alaskana · C. alaskana evans · C. albata · C. albidula · C. albofuscescens · C. albonigra · C. alcicornis f. alcicornis · C. alcicornis f. cladiensis · C. alcicornis var. alcicornis · C. alcicornis var. damaecornis · C. alcicorvis · C. aleurophylla · C. aleuropoda · C. aleuropodia · C. aliena · C. alinii · C. alpestris f. aberrans · C. alpestris f. alpestris · C. alpestris f. chilensis · C. alpestris f. sibirica · C. alpestris sphagnoides · C. alpestris spumosa · C. alpestroides · C. alpicoa · C. alpicola f. alpicola · C. alpicola f. mougeotii · C. alpicola var. alpicola · C. alpicola var. karelica · C. alpina · C. amaurocraea f. amaurocraea · C. amaurocraea f. cladonioides · C. amaurocraea f. holacina · C. amaurocraea f. integerrima · C. amaurocraea f. oxyceras · C. amaurocraea f. pseudo-oxyceras · C. amaurocraea f. spinosa · C. amaurocraea oxyceras · C. amaurocraea var. amaurocraea · C. amaurocraea var. cladonioldes · C. amaurocraea var. dichraea · C. anaemica · C. andereggii · C. andesita · C. andreggii · C. aneri · C. angustata · C. angustiloba · C. anitae · C. anomaea var. anomaea · C. anomaea var. cladomorpha · C. anomaea var. gracilior · C. anomaea var. phyllophora · C. anomaea var. scyphifera · C. anomaea var. squamulifera · C. anomaea var. subacuta · C. anomaea var. subuliformis · C. anomala · C. anserina · C. apestris · C. apoda · C. apodocarpa · C. apolepta · C. applanata

Bibliography

• Berry, S. S. 1911. Preliminary notices of some new Pacific Cephalopods. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 40 (1838). 589-592.
• Kozloff, Eugene N. 1987. Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press. Seattle, Washington, USA. 511. ISBN: 0-295-96530-4.
• Michael J. Sweeney: Taxon Validity: [fide Okutani et al. (1987)]. Repository: NMNH Holotype 214323; specimen no longer extant [fide Sweeney et al. (1988)]. Type Locality: Behm Canal, Alaska
• Nishizaki, Michael T. and Josef Daniel Ackerman, 2005. A secondary chemical cue facilitates juvenile-adult postsettlement associations in red sea urchins. Limnology and Oceanography 50(1): 354-362
• Okutani, T. and H. Horikawa / T. Okutani, M. Tagawa and H. Horikawa, eds. 1987. Cephalopods from continental shelf and slope around Japan. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. Tokyo, Japan. 194.
• Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds. 1998. Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D. C., USA. 561-599.
• Sweeney, M. J., C. F. E. Roper, and F. G. Hochberg 1988. Catalog of the type specimens of Recent Cephalopoda described by S. Stillman Berry. Malacologia, 29 (1). 7-19.
• Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 6, 2007.
• CephBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Wood, James (from CephBase).

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 557245
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13894925
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 259667