WoRMS taxon details
Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (delle Chiaje, 1830)
AphiaID: 140606
AphiaID: 140606
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Pteroctopus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pteroctopus P. Fischer, 1882 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Octopus cocco Vérany, 1846 Octopus titanotus Troschel, 1857 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154., available online at http://www.pmbc.go.th/webpmbc/ResearchBulletin/Bull%2066%20%20pdf/13.%20Norman.pdf [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Central Atlantic Ocean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: deep shelf to upper slope [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140606 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (delle Chiaje, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140606 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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