WoRMS taxon details
Thaumeledone brevis (Hoyle, 1885)
342261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342261)
accepted
Species
Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 230 [details]
page(s): 230 [details]
Type locality contained in Argentinean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Argentinean Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Argentine continental slope, from off Río de la Plata to 55°S; extending to the Southeastern...
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Argentine continental slope, from off Río de la Plata to 55°S; extending to the Southeastern Pacific Ocean to 31°S; 480 to 1097 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Thaumeledone brevis (Hoyle, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342261 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 230 [details]
page(s): 230 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
additional source Bonavita, L. A., Zelaya, D. G. & Güller, M. (2026). Benthic cephalopods (Mollusca) from the Austral Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 322: 233-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2026.04.001
page(s): 248, figs 14-15 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
additional source Bonavita, L. A., Zelaya, D. G. & Güller, M. (2026). Benthic cephalopods (Mollusca) from the Austral Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 322: 233-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2026.04.001
page(s): 248, figs 14-15 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Argentine continental slope, from off Río de la Plata to 55°S; extending to the Southeastern Pacific Ocean to 31°S; 480 to 1097 m. [details]Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal to abyssal [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thaumeledone brevis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885; Syntype(s); NMW.Z.1978.041.00424) (from synonym Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thaumeledone brevis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885; Syntype(s); NMW.Z.1978.041.00424) (from synonym Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Eledone brevis Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
