WoRMS taxon details
Scaeurgus unicirrhus (delle Chiaje, 1838)
AphiaID: 140607
AphiaID: 140607
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Scaeurgus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Scaeurgus Troschel, 1857 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Octopus cocco Risso, 1854 (junior synonym) Octopus rufus Risso, 1854 (dubious synonym) Octopus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1838) (original combination) | |||||||||||||
| 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: Norman M.D., Hochberg F.G. & Boucher-Rodoni R. 2005. A revision of the deep-water octopus genus Scaeurgus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) with description of three new species from the southwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 71(4): 319-337, available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/71/4/319.full.pdf [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] additional source: 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] from synonym: Adam, W. (1942). Notes sur les Céphalopodes: 21. A propos d'une publication peu connue de A. Risso 1854 [Notes on the cephalopods: 21. On a hardly known publication from A. Risso 1854]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 18(25): 1-36 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS) [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] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Nice (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: circum-(sub)tropical [details] Habitat: deep shelf to upper slope [details] Neotype: designated by Norman et al. (2005) from Banyuls, Mediterranean coast of France [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140607 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Scaeurgus unicirrhus (delle Chiaje, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140607 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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