WoRMS name details
Danoctopus Joubin, 1933
341416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341416)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Danoctopus schmidti Joubin, 1933 accepted as Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933) (type by monotypy)
- Species Danoctopus annae (Oommen, 1980)
- Species Danoctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909) accepted as Pteroctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909)
- Species Danoctopus keralensis (Oommen, 1966) accepted as Pteroctopus keralensis (Oommen, 1966)
- Species Danoctopus schmidti Joubin, 1933 accepted as Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Danoctopus Joubin, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341416 on 2026-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Joubin, L. (1933). Notes préliminaires sur les Céphalopodes des croisières du DANA (1921-1922), 4e Partie. <em>Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique.</em> 13(1): 1-49.
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page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Voss, G. L. & Toll, R. B. (1998). The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,.</em> 586(2): 457-474.
page(s): 468 [details]
page(s): 468 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]