WoRMS taxon details
Tremoctopodidae Tryon, 1879 (1845)
11790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11790)
accepted
Family
Philonexidae A. d'Orbigny, 1845 · unaccepted
- Genus Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830
- Genus Philonexis A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tryon, G. W. (1878-1879). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1., vol. 1: Cephalopoda. pp 1-316, pls 1-112. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-22, Dec. 30, 1878; pp. 65-128, pls. 23-40, 29, March 1879; pp. 129-192, pls. 41-89, 28, June 1879; pp. 193-316, pls. 90-112, 6 October 1879]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11033260
page(s): 130 [details]
page(s): 130 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tremoctopodidae Tryon, 1879 (1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11790 on 2026-03-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Tryon, G. W. (1878-1879). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1., vol. 1: Cephalopoda. pp 1-316, pls 1-112. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-22, Dec. 30, 1878; pp. 65-128, pls. 23-40, 29, March 1879; pp. 129-192, pls. 41-89, 28, June 1879; pp. 193-316, pls. 90-112, 6 October 1879]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11033260
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Philonexidae A. d'Orbigny, 1845) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1845-1847). <i>Mollusques vivants et fossiles ou description des toutes les espèces de coquilles et de mollusques classées suivant leur distribution géologique et géographique</i>. Vol. 1 [all issued]. Paris: Gide & Co.. 605 pp. [1-432 (1845); 433-576 (1846); 577-605 (1847)]; Atlas: 36 pls. [details unknown]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14399494
page(s): 199 [details]
basis of record Finn J.K. (2014). Family Tremoctopodidae. pp. 240-243, 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.
page(s): 240 [details]
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Philonexidae A. d'Orbigny, 1845) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1845-1847). <i>Mollusques vivants et fossiles ou description des toutes les espèces de coquilles et de mollusques classées suivant leur distribution géologique et géographique</i>. Vol. 1 [all issued]. Paris: Gide & Co.. 605 pp. [1-432 (1845); 433-576 (1846); 577-605 (1847)]; Atlas: 36 pls. [details unknown]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14399494
page(s): 199 [details]
basis of record Finn J.K. (2014). Family Tremoctopodidae. pp. 240-243, 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.
page(s): 240 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Taite, M.; Fernández-Álvarez, F.; Braid, H.; Bush, S.; Bolstad, K.; Drewery, J.; Mills, S.; Strugnell, J.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Voight, J.; Allcock, A. (2023). Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 182: 107729., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107729 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 510 [details]
page(s): 510 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
