Mobydickia, Arnold & Nos & Sáez-Liante & Fernández-Álvarez, 2025
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf074 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1E304D1-28DB-44D7-B01D-A15447BECE2D |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17008298 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D0087D1-C331-FFBE-3614-57A1848368A9 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Mobydickia |
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gen. nov. |
Mobydickia gen. nov. Arnold and Fernández-Álvarez
Diagnosis: Same as family.
Etymology: Mobydickia gen. nov. is erected after the fictional albino sperm whale ‘Moby-Dick’ ( Melville 1851), as the squid specimen is depigmented, almost lacking chromatophores, and was collected from the stomach content of a sperm whale hunted by whalers.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.